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Legislative auditors: clarify statewide ambulance-rate methodology and local oversight for interfacility transfers
Summary
A legislative audit recommended clearer rules for setting Utah's statewide ambulance rates and shifting oversight of interfacility (non-911) transfers toward local governments; the committee was told the 2025 Legislature enacted bills addressing the audit's proposals.
Legislative auditors briefed the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee on June 26 about findings from a review of Utah’s ground-ambulance system, urging clearer rate-setting practices and stronger local accountability for interfacility transfers.
Brian Dean, legislative deputy auditor general, said hospital staff across the state reported long wait times, equipment problems and training concerns when transferring patients between facilities. The…
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