Bill to Extend Ambulance Relief Payments for Remainder of 2012 Passes On the coattails… The much anticipated “tax cut” bill has been passed by Congress! Ambulance companies across the United States were holding their collective breath as the temporary Medicare bonus payments of 2% urban, 3% rural and 22.6% super rural were set to once […]
GPCI Decrease Offsets Positive Medicare Increase in Some Geographic Areas The “Yo-Yo” Effect Talk about a “yo-yo” effect of ups and downs surrounding the anticipated new Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule amounts! You’ll recall we Blogged several times about the Congressional battle that stood to interfere with the extension of the bonus payments. We learned that […]
Congress Extends Ambulance Relief for Two Months It passed! President Obama Expected to Sign Legislation has passed temporarily extending ambulance claim bonus payments that were set to expire in a week. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law today. For at least two months, the bonus payments will remain in place and […]
Latest Update on Medicare Ambulance Relief Extensions Both Chambers Pass the Bill The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, H.R. 3630 has now passed both the House and the Senate. This bill, which also includes the extension of the ambulance bonus payments into the New Year, may now proceed to a conference committee […]
