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Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule
CMS issued the CY 2024 PFS final rule that announces the finalized policy changes for Medicare payments under the PFS and other Medicare Part B payment policy issues including ambulance services. Section 4103 of the CAA, 2023 extended three existing add-on payments to the ambulance base and mileage rates under the Ambulance Fee Schedule through December 31, 2024. Accordingly, CMS is finalizing our proposed revision to our regulations at 42 CFR §414.610(c)(1)(ii) and 414.610(c)(5)(ii) in this final rule to align with existing law.
CMS is also finalizing its proposals on the following changes to the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System Instrument: Adding the ability to address partial year responses from ground ambulance organizations, introducing a minor edit to improve the reporting consistency of hospital-based ambulance organizations, and four technical corrections to typos.
Five Top GADCS Tips for Selected Ground Ambulance Organizations in Year 1 and Year 2 that are Required to Report Beginning in January 2023 - Updated 11/2/23 (PDF)
Five Top Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System (GADCS) Tips for Selected Year 3 and Year 4 Ground Ambulance Organizations Required to Report Beginning in January 2024 (PDF)
Walkthrough of the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/hSf8YlOWSys
Visit Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System for:
- Lists of ground ambulance organizations selected in Years 1–2 required to collect information starting in 2022 and report information starting in 2023
- Organizations selected in Years 3–4 required to collect information starting in 2023 and report information starting in 2024
- FAQs (PDF)
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Upcoming Events
Ambulance Open Door Forum on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 2:00 PM ET
For Materials from Past Events: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/payment/fee-schedules/ambulance/ambulance-events
Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System
Effective January 1, 2020-2024, CMS will select ground ambulance providers and suppliers to participate in the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System (GADCS). Get more Medicare GADCS information and resources.
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