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New designation
coordinators on
board
We're happy to welcome
to the OEMS/TS someone
you might recognize. Michael
Murray worked at DSHS as a
designation coordinator for five
years before leaving in 2007.
Murray most recently worked for
Texas Department of Aging and
Disability in the Quality Monitor
Program. He has also held
nursing positions at University of
New Mexico Hospital, Hendrick
Medical Center and Abilene
Regional Medical Center. His
nursing experience includes
emergency department nurse,
rotor- and fixed-wing flight nurse
and trauma coordinator. He will
be working on both trauma and
stroke designations.
A new face to the DSHS
designation team is Patricia
Ashton-Garcia, RN. In addition
to being a registered nurse,
Ashton-Garcia is an ECA/first
responder. She has been with
Health and Human Services
agencies for seven years and
has held positions as a case
manager and nurse surveyor.
She also has held nursing
positions at St. David's Medical
Center and North Austin Medical
Center. She will be working on
trauma and stroke designations.
San Antonio
office welcomes
new specialist
Jeffrey Duncan recently joined
the San Antonio DSHS EMS
Compliance office. A paramedic,
h Duncan attended UTHSC in San
Antonio and has worked in county
EMS systems in Kerr, Grimes and
Frio, and he has managed some
private systems as well. Duncan
has worked in EMS since the early
1980s.'I
Duncan
Uncompensated care
applications now available
The application for the fiscal year (FY) 2013 Designated
Trauma Facilities and Emergency Medical Services (DTF/EMS)
Account - Hospital Allocation is now available on the Office
of EMS/Trauma Systems webpage under News/Features (www.
dshs.state.tx.us/emstraumasystems). The application information
also was mailed to administrators of all designated and "in
active pursuit" hospitals and emails were sent to each trauma
coordinator and trauma program manager.
To be eligible for the FY13 allocation, a hospital must be a
designated trauma facility by the application due date, or it must
meet "in active pursuit of trauma designation" requirements by
the application due date. The application must be emailed per
instructions in the application no later than January 15, 2013.
Late applications cannot be accepted.
"In active pursuit" requirements:
e Submit a letter of intent to designate as a trauma facility
e Submit a "timely and sufficient" trauma designation
application
* Submit data to the State EMS/Trauma Registry
* Participate in the appropriate Regional Advisory Council
" Provide evidence that a hospital trauma performance
improvement committee has been developed
FY13 funds distribution details:
" Fifteen percent of the total amount of funds available for
the Hospital Allocation will be divided equally among all
eligible applicants.
" The remaining 85 percent of the Hospital Allocation
funds will be distributed to eligible hospitals based on
the percentage of uncompensated trauma care a hospital
provides in relation to the total uncompensated care
provided by all the eligible hospitals that apply for the
Hospital Allocation.
The trauma care funding program enacted by House Bill
(HB) 3588, 78th Texas Legislature, stipulates that 96 percent of
the funds accumulated in the DTF/EMS Account be distributed
to eligible Texas hospitals to reimburse a portion of their
uncompensated trauma care. Since the inception of the account
in 2003, OEMS/TS has distributed approximately $447,550,000
from the DTF/EMS Account to approximately 270 eligible Texas
hospitals to reimburse a portion of their uncompensated trauma
care. All eligible hospitals that applied received a minimum of
$11,686 in FY 2004, $29,596 in FY 2005, $34,132 in FY 2006,
$28,853 in FY 2007, $42,831 in FY 2008, $42,165 in FY 2009,
$40,362 in FY 2010, $37,250 in FY 2011, and $29,021 in FY
2012.
For questions or additional information regarding "in active
pursuit" of trauma designation requirements, please contact
Emily Parsons at (512) 834-6794 or emily.parsons@dshs.state.
tx.us.
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