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S 1643 · in committee · major

Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill extends higher Medicare payment rates for ground ambulance services in rural areas through January 2028.
  • Rural ambulance providers and Medicare beneficiaries in remote areas are affected by this payment policy.
  • The bill increases reimbursement rates for ambulance services starting October 2025 with no new spending authority mentioned.

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    How might higher Medicare reimbursement rates for rural ambulance services affect the availability and quality of emergency medical care in remote communities?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs exist between increasing ambulance provider payments and other healthcare spending priorities under Medicare's budget constraints?

  3. 03

    What evidence supports that current payment rates have caused rural ambulance providers to reduce service coverage or close operations?

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Sponsor · D-NV

Catherine Cortez Masto

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Introduced 2025-05-07

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-05-07 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  2. 2025-05-07 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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