The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially announced that the inflation factor for payments under the Medicare ambulance fee schedule for 2016 will be negative .4% (-0.4%). As part of the Affordable Care Act, a productivity adjustment has been part of the calculation for the last several years which for 2016 has resulted in a negative update.
The announcement basically means ambulance services, both ground and air medical, will likely see their Medicare reimbursement payments reduced.
Source: American Ambulance Association
