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Senate committee concurs with ambulance provider assessment to fund Medicaid supplemental payments
Summary
The Senate Finance and Claims Committee concurred with House Bill 56, which imposes a 5.75% provider assessment on for‑profit ambulance operators to generate funds for federal Medicaid supplemental match and boost ambulance reimbursements; the committee recorded a roll‑call concurrence (14 yes, 8 no).
The Senate Finance and Claims Committee on a roll‑call vote concurred with House Bill 56, a measure to establish a 5.75% assessment on net operating revenue from for‑profit ambulance providers to fund a Medicaid supplemental payment program meant to increase reimbursements for Medicaid transports.
Representative Butchery, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the assessment is intended as “a lifeline for our ambulance providers,” explaining the assessment revenue would be used to draw down federal Medicaid match and provide supplemental payments to ambulance services that lose money on Medicaid transports. He said the bill was refined during the House process to remove public providers from the assessment…
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