Community Paramedicine

Each holder of a permit who has obtained an endorsement to provide community paramedicine services (NRS 450B.1996)

The health authority's (Division of Public and Behavioral Health or Southern Nevada Health District) annual report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature in odd-numbered years or the Legislative Committee on Health Care in even-numbered years will be published here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Research/Library/Documents/ReportsToLeg/index.html

NRS 450B.1996  Reports.

      1.  Each holder of a permit who has obtained an endorsement to provide community paramedicine services pursuant to NRS 450B.1993 shall submit a quarterly report to the health authority that issued the endorsement which must include, without limitation:

      (a) Information concerning the community paramedicine services that were provided in lieu of emergency medical transportation, including, without limitation, the types of services provided and the number of persons for whom such services were provided;

      (b) The impact of providing community paramedicine services on the overall services provided to patients; and

      (c) Such other information as prescribed by the health authority or requested by the Legislature or the Legislative Committee on Health Care.

      2.  On or before February 1 of each year, each health authority shall submit a report summarizing the information received concerning community paramedicine services pursuant to subsection 1 along with a summary of the impact of providing such services to patients in that manner to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature in odd-numbered years or the Legislative Committee on Health Care in even-numbered years.

      (Added to NRS by 2015, 650)

NAC 450B.484  Quarterly report: Additional information required. In addition to the information required by NRS 450B.1996, the quarterly report described in that section must include:

     1.  The number of patients to whom the holder of the permit provided community paramedicine services during the previous quarter;

     2.  A description of the quality improvement program and the program to prevent waste, fraud and abuse adopted as required by NAC 450B.482; and

     3.  An estimate of the number of transports, visits to the emergency department of a hospital and admissions or readmissions to a hospital that have been avoided due to the provision of community paramedicine services by the holder of the endorsement during the previous quarter.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R068-16, eff. 1-27-2017)