This bill requires the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a new emergency medical services model under Medicare for a five-year period. Under this model, ground ambulance providers would receive Medicare payments for treating patients at home or on-site in response to emergency calls, even when no transport to a hospital is needed. Payment rates would be set to match what Medicare would have paid if transport had occurred. The bill affects Medicare beneficiaries and ground ambulance service providers, particularly in areas where treatment-in-place care could reduce unnecessary hospital transports. Within four years of the model's launch, the Comptroller General must report to Congress on how the model affects beneficiary outcomes, costs, regional variations, and overall emergency services access.
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