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UPCOMING EVENTS
CALL TO ACTION!!
When: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 1:15pm
Where: Legislative Office Building, Room 302-304
The House Commerce Committee is holding an executive session on the two bills regarding ground ambulance services that eliminate balance billing and set reimbursement rates for the private insurers.
We need to be there to show our position on opposing HB316 and being in favor of HB725. HB725 has the support of the NH Municipal Association, and the NH Fire Chiefs. And they share our opposition to HB316.
WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO SQUANDER THIS OPPORTUNITY!
Please make every effort to be there!
RECENT NEWS
UPDATE: CONGRESS EXTENDS AMBULANCE ADD-ON PAYMENTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30th
On March 14, the United States Senate by a vote of 54 to 46 passed the Full-Year Continuining Appropriations and UPDATE: Yesterday evening, March 14, the United States Senate by a vote of 54 to 46 passed the Full-Year Continuining Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (H.R. 1968 [ambulance.us11.list-manage.com]) to fund the federal government through the end of the 2025 fiscal year ending September 30. An extension of the current levels of the temporary Medicare ambulance add-on payments was included in the bill with an expiration date of September 30. President Trump is expected to sign H.R. 1968 into law shortly.
The AAA, our champions and supporters on Capitol Hill, and our EMS partner organizations fought hard to ensure the ambulance extension was included in the lean bill of just 99 pages. We greatly appreciate the outreach by the AAA membership and state EMS associations to their members of Congress in support of the extension of the ambulance add-on payments. The AAA will continue to advocate for a long-term extension of the add-on payments at the higher levels of 3.4% urban, 4.3% rural and 26.7% super rural.
Revised versions of the Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act with a long-term extension of the add-on payments, and at the higher levels in the Senate bill, will be reintroduced in the near future. Once introduced, we will be launching a new Call To Action asking you to contact your members of Congress to cosponsor the legislation.
Thank you to those who were able to participate in Monday’s information session. For those who were not able to attend, below is the link to the recording of the session.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBu--i7REvY [youtube.com]
All other information on the cost study can be found on the NH Health Plan website at https://nhhp.org/nh-ground-ambulance-cost-study/ [nhhp.org].
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