Medicare would pay for ambulance responses that don't involve hospital transport.
This bill would create a new Medicare program to pay for ambulance services even if a patient isn't taken to the hospital. Currently, Medicare usually only pays for ambulance transport. This change would give Medicare beneficiaries more emergency care options and help ambulance services get paid for their responses.
Today, Medicare Part B generally pays for ground ambulance services only when they include transporting a patient to a medical facility. This bill would change that by requiring a new program, the Comprehensive Alternative Response for Emergencies (CARE) Model, to be put in place within two years. Under this model, Medicare Part B would pay for ground ambulance services that respond to an emergency call but do not transport the patient.
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