S 1350
107th Congress
Senate
Health
Ambulances
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
Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2001
Introduced: August 3, 2001
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3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 3, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 3, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8914-8915)
Aug 3, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1