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Committee approves bill allowing EMS reimbursement for treatment without transport
Summary
The Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee passed House Bill 1261 as amended, permitting emergency medical services to be reimbursed for treating patients on scene (including telehealth consults) rather than only when transporting patients to an emergency department.
The Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee voted to pass House Bill 1261 as amended, a measure that would allow emergency medical services (EMS) to receive reimbursement when they treat a patient on scene and do not transport the patient to an emergency department.
Representative Lee Johnson, sponsor for the bill, told the committee that under current state practice “the only way they can get paid is if they'll put the patient in the in the ambulance and take them to the emergency department.” He said the bill creates a…
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