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short description: provides current ambulance fees for service, the revenue ordinance for no balance billing, financial hardship eligibility and installment payment plan information. LAST UPDATED 1/1/2022.
If you are covered by medical insurance, Medicare, Medicaid or are a member of an HMO, please provide information about your coverage on the back of the ambulance bill, sign the bill, and return it to our office. We will bill your insurance carrier.
29 lip 2024 · What the law says. The federal No Surprises Act protects people from many types of out-of-network health care bills, including unexpected charges for ER services, air ambulances and most...
12 wrz 2024 · Congress decided to exclude ambulance rides from the landmark 2020 surprise medical billing legislation and instead charged an advisory committee with recommending a policy fix specific to the ambulance industry.
13 lut 2023 · Ambulances were excluded from the federal law that banned most types of surprise medical bills, and there's no solution in sight.
15 lut 2024 · Fourteen states have enacted ground ambulance surprise billing laws before and after the passage of the NSA — including four this year — but federal action is needed to provide comprehensive protection.
The Committee held three public meetings between May 2 and November 1, 2023, and its charter was renewed on November 16, 2023. The Committee issued its Report to the Secretaries containing Recommendations on preventing balance billing for ground ambulance services and protecting consumers on August 28, 2024.
