Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association

MEMSA is a nonprofit, statewide, professional association committed to high quality emergency medical services across Missouri.

Since 1983, MEMSA has provided leadership in education, training, and legislation.

MEMSA provides a forum for EMS professionals to accomplish common goals that ensure quality EMS care is delivered statewide. MEMSA members are invited to be involved in collaborative efforts to achieve these and other goals.

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Medicaid Expansion Survey - How Could It Impact Your Service?

Medicaid Expansion has been a serious issue in Missouri for the last several years. In order to assist with the discussion, we are requesting that Ground Ambulance Services complete the survey at the link below.

The information will allow you to have a reasonable estimate of how Medicaid Expansion might benefit your agency and will allow us to create an estimate of the state-wide impact. The data collected will only be used in an aggregate fashion.

Survey responses needed by the extended deadline of Thursday, Nov. 21 at 5 pm.

FILL OUT THE SURVEY HERE.

If you have any questions on the survey, please contact Jason White at jason.white3254@gmail.com.

TCD Discussion FORUM

In Missouri, we have a TCD system that should be the envy of the country and is instead very troubled. How we got here is a long story, and there is plenty of blame to pass around, but we also have a good chance to make some serious improvements to the program.

The Director of the Dept. of Health and Senior Services has established a committee to address problems with the TCD system in Missouri. MEMSA will be posting meeting summaries and other items of interest on our new TCD discussion page. Feel free to read over the materials provided and make comments if you want.

Improvements will only come from the engagement of people who see what a great TCD system can mean for the patients we serve.

MEMSA's New Phone Number & ADDRESS

MEMSA's new phone number is (573) 370-1702.

You can reach Mary Napier, membership specialist at that number or email her at memsa@memsa.org.

New address effective immediately is:

PO Box 243
Linn, MO 65051

EMS Regulation changes in Missouri

In 2017 Governor Greitens directed all Missouri agencies to review the present regulations and consider which ones might be eliminated. That process continues under Governor Parson. As part of that general discussion, SAC (State Advisory Council on EMS) has been reviewing all the core EMS regulations in order to provide recommendations to the DHSS. SAC is hosting a series of meetings to seek input on the current EMS regulations. Those meetings times and places are posted on the BEMS website https://health.mo.gov/safety/ems/. As revisions are made, drafts are posted on the MEMSA website and open for further comment.

The goal of the SAC is to get consensus within the industry prior to submitting recommended changes to the DHSS for their consideration.

The discussion forum on our website is an informal process separate from the official process DHSS and the Secretary of State conduct, but this is the best and easiest way to engage and review regulations that were written in 1998. What should be updated, changed, added, dropped, re-worded to clarify, etc.

EMS is nearing completion of its review. The process for DHSS to move the regulations revisions forward can be arduous so final approval will not be immediate but we believe streamlined regulations will be a big improvement when we get to the finish line.

Please spend a few minutes looking over the state EMS regulations and visit the new draft posted on the regulation page of our website. Please leave your comments and suggestions on these topics in our discussion forum.