Category | Title | Description |
Pending Legislation | Letter to U.S. Senate and House leaders | Requests Congress to bring the Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act up for a vote. |
EMS Funding | Joint letter to Congress for FY23 EMSC Appropriations | Request $28.134 million in funding for the EMS for Children program at the Health Resources and Services Administration in the FY2023 Labor, HHS, Education appropriations bill. |
EMS Funding | Letter to leaders of House and Senate Committee on Appropriations | Ten EMS stakeholder organizations jointly recommend $20 million for the SIREN/REMSTEA program in FY 2023 in order to meet the critical need that exists in rural communities across the United States. |
EMS Funding | Joint letter to HHS Secretary Becerra | Urgent request for $350 million from returned and/or unspent money from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) to fund ground ambulance service organizations. |
Pending Legislation | Letter to U.S. House Reps. Demings and Fletcher | Letter of support for H.R. 6768, to reauthorize the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). |
Pending Legislation | Letter to HHS-ASPR leaders | NAEMT comment provided to the Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) on the National Health Security Strategy for 2023-2026. |
Pending Legislation | Letter to Committee on Appropriations leaders | Requests the Committee to provide $20 million in funding for the SIREN Grant Program. |
Pending Legislation | Healthcare workforce shortage issues | Statement by Bruce Evans, NAEMT President, for Hearing on Recruiting, Revitalizing & Diversifying: Examining the Health Care Workforce Shortage |
Pending Legislation | Joint Letter to Congressional Leaders on PRF and Sequestration | Requests additional funding for ground ambulance services and extension of the moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequestration cut on Medicare providers and suppliers. |
EMS Issue | NIOSH, CDC Request for Comment on Personal Protective Technologies Centers of Excellence | Comment on the need to establish Personal Protective Technology (PPT) Centers of Excellence to address research and practice gaps. |
Pending Legislation | Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leaders | Requests the Labor-HHS- Education Conference Report include the Senate level of $10 million for Siren Act grants. |
Pending Legislation | Letter to House Appropriations Committee leaders | Requests the Labor-HHS- Education Conference Report include the Senate level of $10 million for Siren Act grants. |
EMS Workforce | Letter to Senate Finance Committee Leaders | NAEMT provides comment on strengthening the EMS workforce and addressing unmet mental health needs. |
EMS Issue | Letter to CoAMSP Board of Directors | NAEMT provides comment on the most recent draft of the CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Educational Programs in the Emergency Medical Services Professions. |
EMS Funding | Letter to House and Senate Leaders | AAA, NAEMT joint letter requesting frontline responders to have the resources necessary to continue caring for our patients, while maintaining the long-term viability of our nation’s EMS system. |
Pending Legislation | Letter to House and Senate leaders re: sequestration cuts | Requests additional Medicare funding for ground ambulance services to prevent further devastating sequestration cuts to health care providers from taking effect. |
Proposed Legislation | Letter to CMS Administrator | Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System |
EMS Funding | Letter to CMS Administrator | Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I |
EMS Funding | Letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services | Requests HHS to distribute the remaining monies from the Provider Relief Fund to help offset costs due to pandemic response. |
EMS Issue | Letter to NREMT Certification Committee | Joint comment from NAEMT, AHA and AAP regarding the 2022 NREMT recertification cycle |
EMS Funding | NAEMT President Bruce Evans Written Testimony | FY2022 Appropriations - House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. |
Proposed Legislation | Letter to US House and Senate Transportation Committee leaders | Opposes legislation that would increase the legal size or weight limits of trucks because of the serious safety risks inherent in allowing bigger trucks on our nation’s roads and bridges. |
EMS Issue | Letter to HHS Secretary | Requests the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure hospitals are complying with the infectious disease notification requirements under the Ryan White Act, including notification of exposure to COVID-19. |
Pending Legislation | Joint letter to HHS Secretary | Urges HHS to expeditiously exercise the emergency waiver authority for ground ambulance services provided through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to reimburse ground ambulance providers for providing treatment in place (TIP) services. |
EMS Funding | Letter to U.S Committee on Appropriations | Requests the Committee to provide $20 million in funding for the SIREN Grant Program for Fiscal Year FY 2022. |
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