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<title>Non-Emergency Ambulance Transportation Sustainability and Accountability (NEATSA) Act of 2019</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s228v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2019-11-20">
<action-date>2019-01-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Non-Emergency Ambulance Transportation Sustainability and Accountability (NEATSA) Act of 2019 </b></p> <p>This bill decreases the percentage by which Medicare payments must be reduced in 2019 for nonemergency ambulance transports of end-stage renal disease patients. Beginning in 2020, the bill increases the percentage reduction for certain providers that mostly furnish such services, as designated by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS must publish data regarding such payments and providers on its website. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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