Ambulance: SAY GOODBYE TO RURAL TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE

Article Overview

This article covers a Medicare ambulance payment policy update affecting rural providers and the annual payment adjustment for ambulance services. It is relevant to ambulance suppliers, billing staff, and revenue cycle teams that track CMS fee schedule changes and transitional payment policies. The article provides a brief overview of a CMS final rule, the timing of a rural payment phase-out, and the general impact of the 2004 inflation update.