HR 3545
107th Congress
House
Health
Administrative procedure
Ambulances
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency Management
Emergency medical services
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Law
Medical fees
Medicare
Population density
Rural health
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Medicare Rural Ambulance Service Improvement Act of 2001
Introduced: December 19, 2001
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Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 28, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 20, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2344-2345)
Dec 19, 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.
Dec 19, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Rural Ambulance Service Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase by 20 percent the payment under Medicare for rural ambulance services. Increases by $7.50 per mile the payment rate for the first 17 miles of an ambulance trip transporting a patient.
Provides for determination of rural areas based on population density by postal zip codes.
Requires the use of recent data for calculation of budget neutrality adjustments to payments for ambulance services.
Exempts ambulance suppliers from certain provider designation rules.
Directs the Secretary to determine and apply separately the reasonable costs of ground and air ambulance services.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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