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Matt Zavadsky, MHA

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Thanks Mike - a few extra lashings for the proof reader!  :)

Apr 18, 2005, 04:20
Matt Zavadsky 

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About the columnist: Matt is the Director of Tri-State Ambulance, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Gundersen Lutheran Healthcare System located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Tri-State serves as the sole 9-1-1 advanced life support provider for the 2,200 square mile greater Coulee Region local in Western Wisconsin and Eastern Minnesota. 

He holds a Masters Degree in Health Service Administration and has 25 years experience in EMS including volunteer, fire department, public and private sector EMS agencies. He is a former paramedic and has managed private sector ambulance services from 10,000 to more than 100,000 annual call volume in locations including Fairfield, Connecticut; Augusta, Georgia and Orlando, Florida. He has also served as a regulator in Lincoln, Nebraska and Volusia County (Daytona Beach), Florida. 

Matt is a frequent speaker at national conferences and has done consulting in numerous EMS issues, specializing in high performance EMS system operations, public/media relations, public policy, employee recruitment and retention, data analysis, costing strategies and EMS research.

He has served as the American Ambulance Association as Chair of the Industry Image Committee and membership on the Professional Standards, Strategic Development and Management Training Institute Committees.

Matt is an Adjunct Faculty for the UCF's College of Health and Public Affairs teaching courses in Healthcare Economics and Policy, Ethics, Managed Care and US Healthcare Systems.

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