Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1673
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-05-18
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill extends a specialized rate increase for Medicare payment of ground ambulance services in rural areas for an additional three years (until January 1, 2028) and provides for a higher rate increase for services furnished between January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2028.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1673 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 18, 2023 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Ms. Collins , Ms. Stabenow , and Mr. Cassidy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII to protect patient access to ground ambulance services under the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023 . 2. Protecting patient access to Medicare ground ambulance services (a) Super rural ambulance Section 1834(l)(12)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(12)(A) ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking 2025 and inserting 2028 ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: In the case of services furnished on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2028, such percent increase shall be 26.7 percent. . (b) Ground ambulance Section 1834(l)(13)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(13)(A) ) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2025 and inserting 2028 ; (2) in clause (i), by inserting , or 4.3 percent if such service is furnished on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2028 after 2025 ; and (3) in clause (ii), by inserting , or 3.4 percent if such service is furnished on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2028 after 2025 .