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Appropriations panel backs higher Medicaid payments for ambulance runs as stopgap
Summary
The committee advanced a bill to raise Medicaid reimbursement for ambulance calls to Medicare levels; sponsors said the change (estimated biennial cost ~$2.6M) is a stopgap to ease EMS financial pressure and leverage federal matching funds. The measure passed committee 4–0 (1 excused).
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Feb. 14 advanced a bill to increase Medicaid reimbursement for ambulance runs to match Medicare payment levels, a change sponsors described as a stopgap to shore up emergency medical services.
A sponsor told the committee ambulance systems face rising fixed costs—testimony cited a $500,000 annual fixed‑cost figure for some services—and that…
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