Yahoo! News

A Yahoo! News article highlights a new $8.7 million federal investment in rural EMS services in Montana, which will help agencies replace aging ambulances and purchase lifesaving equipment. While welcoming the funding, Shaina Goodman, Community Catalyst’s vice president of policy and government affairs, emphasizes that equipment alone won’t solve the challenges facing rural EMS. She argues that long-term sustainability requires payment reforms that reimburse the full range of EMS services, including patient assessment, treatment, and care coordination, not just ambulance transport.

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