US Congress House Bill 5460 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 11 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2014 - 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 (HHS) 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 rental disease (ESRD) 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 providers and suppliers of ambulance services to collect cost, revenue, utilization, and other appropriate information.

Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2014

Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]
Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-09-11	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2014-09-11	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-09-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5460/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5460/BILLS-113hr5460ih.pdf