US Congress Senate Bill 377 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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

Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB745 (Same As) 2015-02-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/377/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s377/BILLS-114s377is.pdf