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    "content": "<h1>First Responder Alumnus Profile:&nbsp; Doug Wolfberg</h1>\r\n<h4>From First Responder to the First Responder&rsquo;s Attorney</h4>\r\n<p><img src=\"irl://1696//\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: left;\" height=\"430\" width=\"351\" />Instead of running from a siren, Doug Wolfberg runs towards them. Since the age of 16 when he answered his first ambulance call in 1978 and has been involved in emergency medical service ever since.</p>\r\n<p>Since the age of 16, he worked as an EMS provider, both volunteering his EMS skills and holding paid positions. After 15 years in the EMS industry, Wolfberg decided to pursue a law degree at Widener Law Commonwealth. In 1996, he graduated magna cum laude.</p>\r\n<p>Within four years, Wolfberg was a founding partner of Page, Wolfberg &amp; Wirth and had earned a reputation as one of the best EMS attorneys and consultants in the country. The law firm is widely regarded as the nation&rsquo;s leading EMS law&nbsp;firm. Page, Wolfberg &amp; Wirth represents private, public and non-profit&nbsp;EMS organizations, as well as billing companies,&nbsp;software manufacturers and others that serve the&nbsp;nation&rsquo;s ambulance.</p>\r\n<p>Wolfberg is known as an engaging and humorous public speaker at EMS conferences throughout the&nbsp;United States. He is also an author, having written books, articles and columns in many of&nbsp;the industry&rsquo;s leading publications, and has been interviewed by national media outlets.</p>\r\n<p>&ldquo;My education at Widener Law Commonwealth enabled me to bridge the gap between being an EMT and legally representing clients in the healthcare field,&rdquo; Wolfberg said. &ldquo;</p>\r\n<p>Doug is a Certified Ambulance&nbsp;Coder (CAC) and a founder of the National Academy of Ambulance Coding (NAAC). Doug also&nbsp;served as a Commissioner of the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS).</p>\r\n<p>After earning his undergraduate degree in Health Planning and Administration from the&nbsp;Pennsylvania State University in 1987, Doug went to work as a county EMS</p>\r\n<p>After practicing for several years as a litigator and healthcare attorney in&nbsp;a large Philadelphia-based law firm, Doug co-founded PWW in 2000 along with Steve Wirth and&nbsp;the late James O. Page. As an attorney, Doug is a member of the Pennsylvania and New York bars,&nbsp;and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court as well as numerous Federal&nbsp;and state courts. He also teaches EMS law at the University of Pittsburgh, and teaches health law&nbsp;at the Widener University School of Law, where he is also a member of the school&rsquo;s Board of&nbsp;Overseers.</p>",
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