The Dissemination of Misinformation

April 21, 2026

1:00 pm –

1:50 pm

Meeting Room 106-107

Tracks: Operations

In today’s age of AI, social media, and the Internet – where anyone and

everyone can proclaim to be an “expert” – we are surrounded by
misinformation. Unfortunately, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC’s) are

some of the leading disseminators of this misinformation. Although trying to be helpful

(by hosting training sessions, consortiums, coalition meetings, and other educational seminars)

these MACs sometimes provide a disservice to the EMS community by providing false,
inaccurate, or misleading information. This session highlights some recent
statements made by the MAC representatives causing confusion and

non-compliance, which can trigger overpayment liability – or worse, allegations of fraud.

This is a tale about being careful who you receive information from, who you
should trust, and the need to fact-check your information before you commit a
major error.

Speakers:

Christopher Kelly
Attorney
WMK Law Group

Christopher Kelly is a partner with Werfel, Moore & Kelly Law Group and serves as General Counsel for Amerimed. He has more than 25 years of experience focused on the mobile healthcare industry, including EMS and ambulance service, mobile integrated healthcare and community paramedicine, non-emergent medical transportation, and the billing and software companies that support these industries. He writes regularly for EMS World and sits on the magazine’s editorial advisory...

Dan Pedersen
Attorney
WMK Law Group

Daniel J. Pedersen is a Pennsylvania-based attorney with nearly 25 years experience in health-care law, 20 of which involve representing the EMS industry. Daniel largely focuses his areas of practice on Medicare reimbursement, Federal law compliance, and HIPAA. Daniel saved dozens of clients millions of dollars by pursuing successful Medicare appeals in post-payment audits (most of which involved the use of extrapolation). Daniel also has experience in assisting clients with...