“On behalf of our 6,000 members and 360 EMS departments, we wish to thank the Wisconsin State Senate for their actions today by unanimously approving three EMS legislative proposals,” stated Alan DeYoung, Executive Director of the Wisconsin EMS Association. “Senate Bills 680 and 681 would expand worker’s compensation coverage of diagnosed PTSD for EMS providers. Assembly Bill 874 would assist ambulance services with obtaining greater Medicaid reimbursement to close the gap on uncompensated costs.” The greatest challenges facing local EMS today are staffing and financing. Wisconsin EMS is
financed through local municipal budgets and service call charges that are paid for by individual payment or reimbursement from private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid.