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Bill Seeks To Boost Medicare’s Reimbursement for Air Medical Flights

The bill would provide immediate financial relief for air medical providers by boosting the Medicare air medical transport base rate by 20 percent.

By Mark Huber • Contributor

February 16, 2015

A bill introduced in the House of Representatives early this month would provide air medical providers with an immediate boost in the Medicare reimbursement rate and a recurrent mechanism to measure costs and justify future rate increases. The co-chairmen of the Congressional Air Medical Caucus on February 10 introduced legislation, H.R. 822, that would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services under the Medicare program. While this data is being accumulated, air medical providers would see a 20-percent increase in the Medicare air medical transport base rate the first year after enactment, with subsequent 5-percent increases for the next three years.

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