3.0.0 2037 2022-12-31T05:28:14Z 2022-12-31T05:28:14Z Senate S 2021-06-10 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-10T20:28:27Z Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021 117 2454 HR 2021-04-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2021-06-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-06-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-06-10 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2021-06-10 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2021-06-10 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2021-06-10 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-06-10 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2021-06-23 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2022-04-26 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2022-05-19 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2022-06-15 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2022-09-20 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2022-11-14 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2022-12-01 False Health Administrative remedies Department of Health and Human Services Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care coverage and access Medicare Motor vehicles Rural conditions and development Small towns Health 00 2021-06-10 Introduced in Senate 2021-09-13T13:58:40Z Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021

This bill modifies Medicare payment of ground ambulance services in rural areas.

Specifically, the bill extends the specialized rate increase for such services for an additional five years (until January 1, 2028). The bill also requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to (1) allow an area that has 1,000 or fewer individuals per square mile to retain its status as a rural area even if it would otherwise no longer qualify, and (2) establish an appeals process for providers to seek reconsideration of a change in an area's status.

]]> Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII to strengthen ambulance services furnished under part B of the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2037is/xml/BILLS-117s2037is.xml 2021-06-10 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.