Medicare would use new data to update how it pays for air ambulance services.
This bill would let the government update how Medicare pays for air ambulance services, like helicopter rides for emergencies. It would require air ambulance companies to share more information about their costs and how often people use their services. The goal is to make sure Medicare payments are fair, which could affect both air ambulance providers and Medicare users.
Today, Medicare pays for air ambulance services using an existing fee schedule, and a rule for collecting detailed air ambulance cost data has not yet been finalized. After this bill, the Secretary of Health and Human Services would be able to revise the Medicare fee schedule for air ambulance services using new and existing cost data, and the existing data collection rule would be finalized within six months.
S 2518 · 119th Congress · July 29, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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