Peeling Back the Layers of the Cost Data Collection Instrument… Section 5: Service Volume Part Two We continue our series of blog posts to dissect the Cost Data Reporting mandate and the online reporting instrument that CMS will use to collect the data. Our last blog post, focused on Section 4: Emergency Response Time Reporting. […]
Peeling Back the Layers of the Cost Data Collection Instrument… Section 4: Emergency Response Time Reporting Part One By now you are well aware that the Ground Ambulance Cost Data Reporting mandate has begun. It’s a law. We must do it. It’s time to roll up our sleeves and get to work, especially if your […]
Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection Q&A Let’s Review We’ve shared in this space as well as our QMC EMS Board and Collar Podcast Series about the proposed rule announcing the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection mandate which begins in 2020. Before we get into the nitty-gritty of what information will be requested to be reported, we […]
Balance Billing Under the Microscope Growing Concern For some time now, there seems to be a swell of growing concern regarding the practice of balance billing and especially under the microscope is the ambulance industry- air- and ground-ambulance alike. In some cases, there has arisen an almost villainization of the practice that so many ambulance […]
Fire Service Leaders and AAA Disagree on Approach to Cost Reporting Locked Horns Leaders from the top American fire service organizations and the American Ambulance Association recently, publicly locked horns over the proposed approach to the new Congressional Medicare cost reporting mandate. In a show of fire service solidarity, the International Association of Fire Chief […]
Balance Billing and Air Medical Transport Bloggers note- Welcome to Week One of a Two-Part blog series focusing on Balance Billing and Air Medical Transport. This week we’ll look at the issue at hand complete with a brief history lesson on how we arrived at today and where things stand currently with regard to the […]
