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2015 Ambulance Inflation Factor Updated

AIF Will be 1.5% in 2015

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...

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PWW Summary of Proposed 2015 Ambulance Fee Schedule Rule Changes

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,...