A big thank you to Curt Varone at Fire Law Blog for hosting Kevin Fairlie to discuss DOJ/OIG federal investigations into Fire Based EMS for False Claims Act violations and steps Fire Departments should take to avoid scrutiny. 

"In today’s episode, Curt talks with attorney Kevin Fairlie about the challenges facing fire departments who bill for EMS transports. Kevin’s law practice concentrates on health care related topics, but a recent spate of federal investigations across the country into fire department EMS billing practices has led him to represent numerous fire departments."  You can hear their entire podcast discussion at Fire Law Blog, Podcast 30: EMS Billing and Medicare Medicaid Fraud.

​Based on his years of experience with Medicare cost-reporting and his deep understanding of the EMS industry, our Managing Member, Kevin Fairlie, has been asked to write a number of articles recently on Medicare's new cost-reporting requirements for the EMS industry as well as state specific Medicaid cost reporting requirements.

Examples of these articles can be found in the Fall 2019 Missouri EMS Association (MEMSA) EMS Connection magazine  and the Kansas EMS Association (KEMSA) Chronicle magazine. 

More articles with current updates on this evolving topic are set for publication in other state EMS association journals and we will update you with those articles as they are published!

​This is a snippet of what EMS World had to say about Kevin's presentation:

"Accusations of false claims and negligence can send shivers down the spines of even the most careful EMS administrators. During “2019 Legal Update” at Pinnacle July 26, two experienced EMS attorneys brought attendees up to speed on current EMS case law and how providers and agencies can protect themselves." 

The entire EMS World article can be found here:  ​https://www.emsworld.com/article/1223025/pinnacle-ems-case-law-are-you-protected