Because of the staffing shortages, the department plans to launch a temporary pilot program that will shift EMS crews from 12-hour shifts to 24-hour shifts.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new Central Texas organization is focused on getting more emergency medics out on the streets and responding to ...

MedStar Mobile Healthcare filed a WARN notice for 589 employees, effective July 1, amid a change of emergency medical services from the EMS and mobile health organization to the city of Fort Worth, ...

Texas is considering new Medicaid reimbursement rates for ambulance services that providers say could help stabilize access to EMS across the state. During a public rate hearing Tuesday, providers ...

County Commissioner Rick Bailey knows immediately when one of his Johnson County constituents has suffered a health scare. That's typically when the calls and texts roll in from residents wanting to ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) -A report published in Health Affairs revealed that approximately 28% of emergency ground ambulance trips could result in a potential surprise bill, leaving patients with ...

NORTH TEXAS - One-hundred dollars may soon be the most patients would ever have to pay for an emergency ambulance ride. A committee of government advisors endorsed the idea for Congress to solve the ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Emergency crews from Texas and beyond are planning to be on standby in Florida ready to help ahead of what officials believe could be a major hurricane. Hurricane Ian is rapidly ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new Central Texas organization is focused on getting more emergency medics out on the streets and responding to calls. Texas Rescue Med travels to different parts of the state and ...