HR 3109
107th Congress
House
Health
Ambulances
Case mix (Medical care)
Emergency Management
Emergency medical services
Housing and Community Development
Managed care
Medicaid
Medicaid managed care
Medical fees
Medicare
Medicare managed care
Rural health
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001
Introduced: October 12, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 31, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 29, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 12, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 12, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for payment for ambulance services concerning: (1) the establishment of a fee schedule; and (2) the coding system specifying the medical condition of the individual transported by an ambulance and the appropriate level of transportation service.
Amends SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) (including part C (Medicare+Choice) of the Medicare program) and XIX (Medicaid) to establish a prudent layperson standard for justification of emergency ambulance services under Medicare and Medicaid.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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