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Representative Backer seeks 10% Medicaid rate boost for ambulance services; members call for broader funding package
Summary
House File 715 would raise ambulance reimbursement rates by 10 percent, the author said; the committee heard provider testimony about long-term underpayment and urged pairing rate increases with broader efforts to fund readiness and rural sustainability. The bill was laid over as amended.
Representative Backer presented House File 715 on Feb. 24 proposing a 10 percent increase in ambulance reimbursement rates to improve provider finances. Backer said ambulance reimbursements have not been increased since 2016 and that the 10 percent boost is part of the committee’s package of bills to address EMS sustainability.
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