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Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015

Introduced: September 20, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Feb 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 4, 2015
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.
Feb 4, 2015
Introduced in House
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Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015

Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the ambulance fee schedule to: (1) increase the conversion factor for ground ambulance services in the formula for determining the appropriate fee, and (2) increase the mileage rate for such services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study how the conversion factor should be modified, if at all, to take into account the cost of providing ambulance services in urban, rural, and super-rural areas.

Directs the Secretary to establish a process to determine, in advance of furnishing end stage renal disease ambulance services, whether payment for them may not be made because they are not covered or because they are excluded from coverage. Prohibits any payment unless the Secretary determines, pursuant to this process, that the service meets coverage requirements.

Directs the Secretary to develop a data collection system for ambulance providers to collect cost, revenue, utilization, and other appropriate information.

What's happening now February 18, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 5 Republican 3
Dent, Charles
· Sep 20, 2016
Poliquin, Bruce
· Sep 6, 2016
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Oct 23, 2015
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Oct 9, 2015
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 18, 2015
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Apr 23, 2015
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Apr 21, 2015
 R
Zinke, Ryan K.
Montana · Mar 6, 2015
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 4, 2015
Nunes, Devin
· Feb 4, 2015
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Feb 4, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 745: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-745/
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"H.R. 745: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-745/.
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H.R. 745, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-745/.
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