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Long Beach council adopts updated ambulance-billing ordinance after public hearing

City Council of the City of Long Beach · October 15, 2024

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Summary

Council adopted an ordinance to amend the municipal code for emergency ambulance services, updating billing categories to align with federal Medicare/Medicaid categories and raising rates (not to exceed 75% of local high-area charges). Staff said the change cleans up billing language; residents asked whether essential treatments (oxygen/defibrillation) remain covered.

The City Council on Oct. 15 adopted an ordinance amending Long Beach’s code of ordinances to update billing for emergency ambulance services.

City staff explained the ordinance modernizes billing language and aligns local categories with federal billing categories (Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support 1 and 2). The presentation noted the…

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