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Omnibus tracks new ambulance grants and raises MA ambulance payment rates
Summary
DE2 includes an ambulance operating-deficit grant program and a rural EMS uncompensated care pool payment program and tracks a 13.68% increase to Medical Assistance ambulance payment rates; advocates said the measures will stabilize rural EMS.
The DE2 omnibus amendment includes provisions and tracked costs for emergency medical services. Nonpartisan staff told the committee the Office of Emergency Medical Services would administer an ambulance operating-deficit grant program and a rural EMS uncompensated care pool payment program. The amendment also tracks an increase of 13.68% to Medical Assistance (MA) payment rates for…
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