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Conference Faculty
Steve Wirth, Founding Partner Page, Wolfberg & Wirth
Steve has 30 years of experience as an EMT, paramedic, flight
paramedic, EMS instructor, fire officer, and EMS administrator. He is currently
one of the three members of the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance
Services (CAAS), the national ambulance service accrediting body.
Steve is a frequently sought-after speaker at regional, state and national
conferences on a variety of EMS, fire service and public safety subjects. He has
authored numerous articles on a variety of EMS management, risk management,
corporate compliance and workplace law topics. He is a contributing writer for
the Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS) and The EMS
Insider. Steve co-authored the highly acclaimed Ambulance Service Guide
to HIPAA Compliance (now in its third edition); The Ambulance Service
HIPAA Privacy and Security Video; Better Billing: The Ambulance Service
Model Compliance Plan; and The Ambulance Service Model Personnel
Handbook -- all produced by PWW.
Steve graduated cum laude from Duquesne University School of Law
and was a member of the school’s national trial advocacy competition team. In
addition to his law degree, Steve has a Masters Degree in Health Services
Administration from Gannon University in Erie, Penn. He remains in touch with
patient care and field provider issues as an active EMT and nationally certified
firefighter with the Hampden Township Volunteer Fire Company, where he serves as
the medical officer.
Steve is also a life member of the Nippenose Valley Vol. Fire Co. near
Jersey Shore, Penn., where he started his public safety career as a junior
firefighter and later served as Lieutenant and then Deputy Fire Chief. He also
serves on the Executive Boards of the Pennsylvania Fire and Emergency Services
Institute, and the Initial Life Support Foundation (formerly known as the AED
Instructor Foundation).
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