CMS Incentivizes Non-ER Transport, On-Scene Care In New Model

CMS’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced a new model on Thursday (Feb. 14) that would allow emergency ambulances treating Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to treat them on-scene or transport them to a location other than a hospital, like an urgent care center, and still receive Medicare payment. Emergency ambulance services are paid for by Medicare only if a patient is transported to a hospital’s emergency department. On Thursday at a press conference, Adam Boehler, director of CMMI, called...