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 NEWS & EVENTS

ArAA EMS Scholarship Program

APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR FALL 2010
DEADLINE FOR FALL 2010 START DATES IS JULY 2, 2010

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2009-2010
EMS DEVELOPMENT GRANT PAYMENT REQUEST FORM

PAYMENT REQUEST FORMS MAILED

Services receiving funding under the ArAA EMS Development Grant Program will be receiving the GRANT PAYMENT REQUEST FORM in the mail beginning the week of February 1, 2010.
Awarded funds expended January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010 are eligible for reimbursment at the allocated amount.
Should you have any questions, please call Ken Kelley at 870-875-2273.

For ground and air ambulance claims with dates of service on or after January 1, 2010, Medicare will no longer pay ground and air ambulance service providers based on the following two expired provisions.

Section 146(a) of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) provided for an increase in the ambulance fee schedule amounts for covered ground ambulance transport as follows:

In addition, Section 146(b)(1) of MIPPA amended the designation of rural areas for air ambulance services. The statute specified that any area that was designated as a rural area as of December 31, 2006, for purposes of making payments for air ambulance services under the ambulance fee schedule, should continue to be treated as a rural area for purposes of making air ambulance service payments under the ambulance fee schedule. This statute was applicable only for claims with dates of service July 1, 2008 – December 31, 2009.

(CMS Joint Signature Memorandum (JSM) 10125, dated January 21, 2010)

NET EFFECT: Urban 2% reduction Rural 3% reduction and Super Rural areas see more than 23% reduction effective 1/1/2010

ARKANSAS EMS AGENCIES RECEIVE 23%+ CUT IN MEDICARE PAYMENTS FOR AMBULANCE
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