Ground Ambulance Providers and Suppliers: Data Collection System Listening Session

Ground Ambulance Providers and Suppliers: Data Collection System Listening Session

Thursday, June 28, 2018

From 1:30 to 3 pm ET

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Section 50203(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 requires the development of a data collection system (which may include use of a cost survey) to collect cost, revenue, utilization, and other information on providers and suppliers of ground ambulance services. The system must collect information:

Needed to evaluate the extent to which reported costs relate to payment rates

On the utilization of capital equipment and ambulance capacity

On different types of ground ambulance services furnished in different geographic locations, including rural and super rural areas

This listening session is an opportunity to provide input on the development of this system, including:

Recommendations on the data elements that CMS should collect

Identifying costs that would be difficult to define and report and why

Addressing the potential that there is a variation of costs among organizations that provide ambulance services

Other comments on the provision that CMS should consider

Target Audience: Ground ambulance providers and suppliers, as well as ambulance stakeholders.