Alex Gault at The Watertown Daily Times reports the New York State Senate has passed a raft of legislation aimed at cutting costs and encouraging more volunteers for the State’s Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Providers and ambulance companies.  The legislation would address some, but not all, of the issues that EMS Staffers, Advocates and Experts have been voicing in the Capital for years.  The five Bills - together, would allow ambulance providers to be reimbursed by Medicaid when they treat a patient at their location without taking them to the hospital, and would allow them to be paid to take patients to venues other than emergency rooms, where appropriate.  “Right now, EMS providers do not get paid for the work that they do, if they treat someone on site, they do not get reimbursed for that work,” said Senator Michelle Hinchey (Democrat-Kingston).

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