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Comment by WILLIAM HUDSON on April 8, 2008 at 11:29pm

thanks! medicaid is starting fraud investigations and hippa violations investigations soon. I am still waiting to hear from medicare.I am however looking for another job now since they will not tell me how long I am gonna be on admin leave or for sure what I am on it for.Of course my name is probably mud with most companies.Well still gotta do what is right for the truth will stand when the world is on fire.They can take my job,but they can't take my spirit.I care about my co-workers and their families and also the patients.This goes for my brothers and sisters all across the country in EMS FIRE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.I have been involved in all three.Still involved in two.All three if you count total volunteer firefighting.Also if at any time it sounds like I am knocking all private services I am not there are some good services out here and I know this.Well THANK YOU to those who have shown and will show support in some way.I need all the help I can get.Remember I am doing this for all of us even our family who unfortunately could end up in the back of a truck owned by a bad company with good people and even though the crews do their best you never know what can happen even with good trucks and a company that tells their crews to follow protocol.Shouldn't that be what happens in the EMS field anyway.

Comment by Jojo on April 8, 2008 at 1:50pm

something is wrong there that is for sure but just so you know i am almost positive there are laws in place good luck and keep up to date

Comment by mike angle on April 8, 2008 at 1:30pm

family first brother take care of yours and they take care of you

Comment by WILLIAM HUDSON on April 8, 2008 at 10:06am

THANKS I AM JUST A LITTLE WORRIED BUT THEN AGAIN I HAVE A FAMILY TO SUPPORT.THE BIGGEST THING I DON'T WANT IS FOR PEOPLE TO THINK I JUST WANT TO CAUSE TROUBLE

Comment by mike angle on April 8, 2008 at 9:35am

cya brother cya sounds to me like someone needed to call the state even if it wasn't you check the whistle blower laws i think you will be ok hang in there

Comment by WILLIAM HUDSON on April 7, 2008 at 10:32pm

I live in Alabama of course but I do believe there are "whistle blower" laws which protect me. I work for a private service and they are wanting us to do our billing tickets so as even if a person walks to our stretcher they are bedbound for medicare and medicaid purposes.I was forced by our office manager as she grabbed my arm and made me change a billing ticket on a patient who walked to our stretcher but is blind to bedbound on a billing ticket. They also want us to follow pre-written billing tickets for dialysis patients in order to assure proper billing.Even if a patient becomes able to ambulate we still have to put them down as bedbound.The other thing is they are now saying that all mvc's ,falls syncope's ,and overdoses require IV ,O2 ,ekg. I agree with part of this but Alabama protocol for mvc treats according to signs and symptoms (treat your patient not your books)which as long as vitals are stable you consider IV , falls are the same. I want what is best for the patient and I can not help but think that performing a skill which a patient does not need even though it does not hurt the patient does run the patients bill up and therefore can cause more stress on someone who does not have insurance. If a patient does not show any signs which require IV,O2, or EKG then I think that should be up to the medic who is caring for the patient. BLS trucks do not carry EKG or IV and they can transport MVC and fall patients. We also run out of trucks that have bad breaks, loose shocks and so on. I took this stand because I think it is time somebody stood for our rights as well as the patients rights against private companies who ultimately care only about their pockets getting filled. I only hope others will jump on board and help get laws tighter on private services.So they all follow the same guidelines as government owned facilities.

Comment by Brian Dumser on April 7, 2008 at 6:30pm

Even if you did call the State, I thought there were laws in place to protect "whistleblowers" from just this type of situation. I may be wrong. Good luck and stay safe!