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Fairness in Ambulance Reimbursement Act of 2015

Introduced: February 9, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 9, 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 9, 2015
Introduced in House
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Fairness in Ambulance Reimbursement Act of 2015

This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to suspend through December 31, 2015, implementation of the reclassification of rural to urban zip codes for payments under the fee schedule for ambulance services, as contained in the final rule published in the Federal Register by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on November 13, 2014.

The Secretary is required to ensure that claims for ambulance services furnished on or after July 1, 2015, are paid according to the classification of zip codes applied the day before the effective date of that final rule.

The Secretary must reclassify rural to urban zip codes for payment for ambulance services furnished on or after January 1, 2016, taking into account specified revised geographic delineations of the Office of Management and Budget.

Payments for ambulance services (other than air ambulance services) furnished during 2016 must be adjusted according to a certain formula to achieve budget-neutral results.

What's happening now February 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Huffman, Jared
California · Apr 14, 2015
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Feb 9, 2015
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 9, 2015
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Feb 9, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 817: Fairness in Ambulance Reimbursement Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-817/
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"H.R. 817: Fairness in Ambulance Reimbursement Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-817/.
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H.R. 817, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-817/.
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