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Non-Emergency Ambulance Transportation Sustainability and Accountability (NEATSA) Act of 2019
Introduced: January 25, 2019
Introduced by:
Cassidy, Bill
Republican
· Louisiana
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 25, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 25, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Non-Emergency Ambulance Transportation Sustainability and Accountability (NEATSA) Act of 2019
This bill decreases the percentage by which Medicare payments must be reduced in 2019 for nonemergency ambulance transports of end-stage renal disease patients. Beginning in 2020, the bill increases the percentage reduction for certain providers that mostly furnish such services, as designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS must publish data regarding such payments and providers on its website.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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