Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023
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What This Bill Does
This bill changes the rules for how Medicare pays for ground ambulance services. The bill extends certain deadlines related to ground ambulance payment rates under Medicare part B, which is the part of Medicare that covers medical services and supplies.
Who It Affects
Ground ambulance services and companies that provide them. Medicare patients who use ground ambulance services. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which runs the Medicare program.
Key Provisions
• Changes a deadline from 2025 to 2028 in one section of Medicare law about ground ambulance services (Sec. 2(1))
• Changes a deadline from 2025 to 2028 in another section of Medicare law about ground ambulance services, in all places where that year appears (Sec. 2(2))
What Changes
If this bill becomes law, two deadlines that were set for 2025 will instead happen in 2028. The exact details of what these deadlines require are not explained in this bill text.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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