Medicare reimbursement rates for ambulance services will increase by 1.5% in calendar year 2015.  On October 7, 2014, CMS issued Transmittal 3090, revising the Ambulance Inflation Factor for calendar year 2015.  CMS previously said the Inflation Factor would be 1.4%.   

Each year, CMS updates the Medicare ambulance reimbursement rates to reflect increases in inflation.  CMS calls this the "Ambulance Inflation Factor" (or "AIF").  The AIF is tied to the annual consumer price index for all urban...

On July 11, 2014, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Proposed Rule entitled: “Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule, Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, Access to Identifiable Data for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Models & Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2015.” The lengthy Proposed Rule revises payment polices for several types of Part B Medicare providers, including ambulance services, and comprises the “...