3.0.0 377 2023-01-11T13:28:23Z 2023-01-11T13:28:23Z Senate S 2015-02-04 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-04T22:27:21Z Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015 114 745 HR 2015-02-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-02-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-02-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2015-02-04 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2015-02-04 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-02-04 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-04-21 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-04-21 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2015-05-04 False K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2015-08-03 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2015-10-07 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2016-09-06 False Health Congressional oversight Digestive and metabolic diseases Emergency medical services and trauma care Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health information and medical records Medicare Motor vehicles Transportation costs Health 00 2015-02-04 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-17T13:50:11Z Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015

Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the ambulance fee schedule to: (1) increase the conversion factor for ground ambulance services in the formula for determining the appropriate fee, and (2) increase the mileage rate for such services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study how the conversion factor should be modified, if at all, to take into account the cost of providing ambulance services in urban, rural, and super-rural areas.

Directs the Secretary to establish a process to determine, in advance of furnishing end stage renal disease ambulance services, whether payment for them may not be made because they are not covered or because they are excluded from coverage. Prohibits any payment unless the Secretary determines, pursuant to this process, that the service meets coverage requirements.

Directs the Secretary to develop a data collection system for ambulance providers to collect cost, revenue, utilization, and other appropriate information.

]]> Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015 Display Title Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase access to ambulance services under the Medicare program and to reform payments for such services under such program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s377is/xml/BILLS-114s377is.xml 2015-02-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.