Georgia Ambulance Transparency Project

05/01/2020

Thank you for everything you’re doing for Georgia.

Did you know Georgia does not require its ambulance service providers to meet national safety standards and technology thresholds? And as a result, decades-old ambulances are still in operation.

04/03/2020

Front line, unseen, unacknowledged, undervalued. Thank you for everything you’re doing for Georgia.

Did you know Georgia does not require its ambulance service providers to meet national safety standards and technology thresholds? And as a result, decades-old ambulances are still in operation.

02/20/2020

The Ambulance Transparency Project announced this week it would issue first-ever transparency and accountability report cards for the regional councils that provision and administer emergency medical services across the state. Visit the link to see how and when we'll be releasing grades.

For Immediate Release February 20, 2020 Atlanta—The Georgia Ambulance Transparency Project, a grassroots ethics and transparency watchdog, announced Thursday it would issue first-ever transparency and accountability report cards for the regional councils that provision and administer emergency med...

11/12/2019

The Georgia Department of Public Health is considering a series of rule changes that would reform how our state administers emergency medical services. These proposed reforms are good, but represent only a first step. Learn what else is needed in our new InsiderAdvantage op-ed.

EMS reform is a matter of life and death. Just ask these families. By Julianne Thompson Insider Advantage Nov. 7, 2019 No new rule or regulation can bring back Donna Martin or Jason Brady; two lives among many, cut short as the result of substandard emergency medical care. But new reforms being cons...

10/25/2019

Mark your calendars for October 28. That’s when the Board of the Georgia Department of Public Health will hold a public hearing in Atlanta to discuss proposed ethics, transparency, and accountability reforms for ambulance services in our state.

The Georgia Ambulance Transparency Project applauds these first-step changes, but they haven’t been adopted yet. Please share this graphic to educate your friends and neighbors about these important changes and lend your voice to ours in support of their swift adoption. Learn more at AmbulanceTransparency.org

07/26/2019

Each of these faces represents a family torn apart by Georgia's broken EMS system. Their families and yours deserve transparency and accountability. Learn more: http://bit.ly/EMStransparency.

06/23/2019

A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation into the death of Jason Brady and the four-year campaign by his sister to find the truth is deeply troubling. Georgia must act to reform how it provisions and regulates emergency medical services or more innocent victims like Jason will pay the price.
https://bit.ly/2FnZ2sU

06/13/2019

Georgia’s EMS system failed Paula Sellers when her family needed it most. Now she’s fighting to fix it. Its voices like Paula’s that will finally deliver change to the system, but she can’t do it alone. Join the Georgia Ambulance Transparency Project today to protect your family, too. https://bit.ly/2ZiRRd0

05/31/2019

A new AJC investigation into ambulance service in South Fulton, Georgia has revealed chronic, acute delays by the local EMS provider. The delays are so severe in many cases that patients in life-threatening situations are forced to find private means of transport to the hospital. Read the full report and join our campaign for accountability, transparency and results in EMS.

http://www.ambulancetransparency.org/ajc-investigation-ambulance-delays-continue-to-put-south-fulton-lives-at-risk/

05/30/2019

A popular ethics and transparency package to reform how Georgia administers and regulates ambulance services came within inches of the governor’s desk earlier this year, but ultimately failed to cross the finish line when House and Senate lawmakers proved unsuccessful in negotiating a compromise between two versions of the same bill.

Without changes in the law Georgians will continue to suffer from a system that serves only the entrenched and well-continued. It also means that our fight isn’t over.

We stand committed to victims and their families and will continue advocating for common sense reforms until the state takes action. Join us.

http://www.ambulancetransparency.org/

04/04/2019

House Bill 264 would have applied strict, new transparency and ethics protections to emergency medical services in Georgia. A special conference committee was convened after the Senate passed a diluted version of the House proposal, but the panel could not find consensus before the General Assembly adjourned Tuesday night.

Despite making it just inches from the finish line, our campaign to reform how Georgia delivers and regulates ambulance services isn't over.

The GATP, which represented the interests of victims and their families throughout this process, vowed this week to continue this fight until the job is done. Get the facts on the status quo and our plan to clean it up: https://bit.ly/2HZQQSu

04/02/2019

ALERT: House Bill 264 which would apply new ethics, transparency and reporting protocols to ambulance services, is going to conference committee today!

Three Senate members and three House members, including our sponsor, Rep. Werkheiser, will be negotiating the final version of the bill. Please contact them now and tell them to do the right thing and restore the bill's most important good government provisions which were scrubbed from a version passed by the Senate.

One last time, we need your help!

Sen. Matt Brass
(404) 463-1376
[email protected]

P.K. Martin IV
(404) 463-6598
[email protected]

Jeff Mullis
(404) 656-0057
[email protected]

State Rep. Terry England
404.463.2247
[email protected]

Sharon Cooper
404.656.5069
[email protected]