This emergency medical services (EMS) billing and pre-hospital care expert has more than 35 years of experience spanning EMS operations, emergency response environments, and healthcare billing systems. His background combines operational work as an Emergency Medical Technician with leadership roles supporting EMS billing and collections programs serving fire departments and private ambulance providers. The expert holds a Master of Arts in Psychology – Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History, along with formal Emergency Medical Technician training and law enforcement academy training relevant to emergency response and public safety environments.

One area of expertise involves pre-hospital emergency care and EMS documentation practices. The expert worked more than 17 years as an Emergency Medical Technician, providing patient assessment and treatment in ambulance-based response settings, including neonatal, pediatric, and cardiology transport services. This work included preparing patient care reports and maintaining familiarity with medical terminology, treatment protocols, and documentation practices used in emergency medical services. Additional public safety experience includes service as a reserve police officer, which involved providing testimony in court proceedings related to law enforcement duties.

Another area of professional work concerns EMS billing systems, collections operations, and healthcare data management. The expert spent more than 12 years working with organizations providing EMS billing and collections services for fire departments and private ambulance providers. Responsibilities included operational leadership as Director of EMS Billing Services, supervising staff and overseeing billing and customer service teams responsible for claims processing and collections activities. This experience also includes consulting on the development of a county-level EMS billing and collections program, preparation of cost and revenue models, and participation as an inventor of a “patient-pending” solution designed to support EMS data collection and billing system processes.