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Arkansas panel reviews 11% Medicaid rate increase for emergency ambulance services
Summary
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee heard DHS present an 11% Medicaid reimbursement increase for emergency ambulance providers and discussed whether it will help rural services that have seen years without rate adjustments.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on Tuesday reviewed a Department of Human Services proposal to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for emergency ambulance providers by 11%.
Elizabeth Pittman, deputy director of the Division of Medical Services, told the committee the increase is part of a Medicaid provider manual update and was developed with input from the Arkansas Ambulance Association and an actuarial analysis by Milliman. "We're doing a rate increase of 11% for those providers that provide emergency ambulance services," she said, adding the manual language was clarified to align with Health Department definitions and Centers for…
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