September 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a Report, Utilization of Medicare Ambulance Transports, 2002-2011, that takes a critical look at the growth of Part B Medicare ambulance transports since 2002.  The Report finds that since 2002, Medicare Part B payments for ambulance transports have grown at a faster rate than all Medicare Part B payments.  The OIG states that this increase in payments was caused in part by inflation, the...