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WEMSA Community EMS Network

The WEMSA Community EMS Network connects Wisconsin EMS agencies that provide Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) / Community EMS services with health plans that are ready to provide support for high-value, in-home and community-based visits. Click here to inquire today!

Just looking for Wisconsin CEMS/MIH resources? Click here to jump to the resources section below.

  

Why This Matters to Your EMS Agency
  • Create a funded pathway for Mobile Integrated Health/ Community EMS visits aligned with Wisconsin's Community EMS framework and medical oversight.
  • Service patients earlier and keep 911 for 911 - Reduce avoidable 911 calls, emergency department usage, and hospital readmissions by delivering proactive patient care where people live.
  • Statewide Program to scale appropriately for all stakeholders.

  

How it Works
  1. Join the WEMSA Community EMS Network (no cost to join) with one simple contract. No need to work through multiple agreements, negotiations, etc.
  2. In partnership with Paralign Health, we assess program capacity, geography, MIH services and align them with patient population groups identified through networked health plans.
  3. Launch. Your agency can launch and start serving your communities. Paralign Health handles the billing channels to provide your agency with funding for your MIH/CEMS visits.

  

What's Required
  • Licensure & Scope: Your EMS agency is licensed for Community EMS.
  • Medical Direction: A medical director (or medical direction team) that oversees Community EMS protocols and QA.
  • Protocols: Approved, non-duplicative services that fit your level of service.
  • Crew Credentials: EMS practitioners are state licensed and have their Community Paramedic or Community EMS Practitioners endorsements.
  • Documentation: Ability to record and product CEMS/MIH visit notes and required data.
  • Operations: Ability to schedule visits, follow-up visits, and an escalation plan under your medical direction/ control.

What Your EMS Agency Gets

The WEMSA Community Network helps your agency participate in sustainable Community EMS opportunities with support, structure, and reimbursement pathways.

Payer Access & Reimbursement
Access reimbursement opportunities for MIH / Community EMS visits.
Standardized
Workflows
Support for referrals, scheduling, quality, and feedback workflows.
Data &
Reporting
Documentation and reporting aligned with WARDS / NEMSIS requirements.
What Services are typically Included
  • Transitional/ post-discharge check-ins
  • Chronic disease coaching and vitals trending (e.g. CHF, COPD, diabetes)
  • Medication reconciliation and adherence checks
  • Fall risk and home safety assessments
  • Behavioral health and SDoH screening and warm hand-offs
  • High utilizer outreach and care navigation

  

Compliance, Quality, & Data
  • Data: We align documentation with WARDS/NEMSIS requirements and work actively with health plans to track impact, quality, and outcomes.
  • Compliance: We work with state officials and medical direction to verify licensure, medical direction, and quality metrics to ensure compliance.

   

Get Started

Agencies: Complete the Interest Form below and we will get reach out to you to connect. You may also email or call WEMSA and we’ll set up a time to connect.

Community EMS (CEMS) / Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) Resources

In Wisconsin, "Community EMS (CEMS)" and "Mobile Integrated Health (MIH)" refer to the same practice model. CEMS is the term used in Wisconsin statute and DHS regulation (Wis. Stat. §§ 256.21, 256.215), while MIH is the term more commonly used across the EMS industry and in clinical literature to describe the same community-based, patient-centered services.