Medicare paid $30 million for ambulance rides for which no record exists that patients got medical care at their destination, the place where they were picked up or other critical information. The mystery ambulance rides are part of a bigger problem with Medicare payments for transporting patients, according to a federal audit being released Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: cbs news

The chest pains started not long after firefighter Joe Dipple arrived at the scene. Laden with gear, fully exerted as he walked past the burning home, he suddenly couldn't carry a ladder through the 10 inches of snow on that afternoon in February 2014. Sit down, another firefighter told him. You're going into an ambulance.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com

Urban explorers who may need complicated rescues will now have to pay a hefty fine for the service. In response to recent deaths and injuries due to falls in restricted spaces — including one in Southeast Como’s abandoned Bunge grain elevator near the University of Minnesota — the Minneapolis City Council approved an ordinance Friday that gives the city the authority to charge rescue fees to trespassers.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minnesota Daily

Firefighters knocked down a brush fire that threatened homes on W. Chestnut and 18th Avenues around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Fire crews said thankfully a student walking home from school noticed the flames and took action. Jorge Valesco told KIMA he and his friend saw someone throw a cigarette out of their car.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 6:08:25 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

Firefighters knocked down a brush fire that threatened homes on W. Chestnut and 18th Avenues around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Fire crews said thankfully a student walking home from school noticed the flames and took action. Jorge Valesco told KIMA he and his friend saw someone throw a cigarette out of their car.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 6:08:25 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima