House, Senate Want Air Ambulances In Surprise Billing Fix Despite Provider Lobby

Staffers on the House and Senate committees working on surprise billing legislation say they are open to including an air ambulance fix in their final policy, but some providers and lobbyists are pushing the committees to leave air ambulance policy out of the bill and deal with it separately. The Senate’s surprise billing fix currently includes a policy addressing air ambulances, but the House’s does not. The Senate health committee’s policy would require insurers to pay air ambulance providers the...