Medicare reimbursement rates will increase by 1.4% for ambulance services in 2015, but that's not the whole story. CMS is also proposing to change designations of certain zip codes from rural to urban and vice-versa in 2015, and this would affect reimbursement amounts to ambulance providers picking up in those zip codes. Moreover, unless Congress passes legislation, the urban, rural and super-rural ambulance bonus payments will expire on March 31, 2015. There are a lot of big things set to impact ambulance reimbursement in the coming year.
Source: Page, Wolfberg and Wirth EMS Attorneys
