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Bill to raise nonemergency medical transport rates introduced; author says more work needed
Summary
Representative Hewitt presented House File 36 to raise base and mileage rates for nonemergency medical transport (special medical transport). He and witnesses said the sector faces low pay, training and vehicle costs and that any statutory rate warrants further stakeholder review; the committee laid the bill over.
Representative Hewitt presented House File 36 on Feb. 24 to address payment rates for nonemergency medical transport — services that move patients who are medically stable but need assistance to get from hospitals to homes, nursing facilities or clinics.
“This is everything that the ambulance don't take,” Hewitt said, describing the…
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