CMS rule boosts ambulance payments.(In Other New)(Brief Article)

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* CMS Rule Boosts Ambulance Payments. Some ambulance services will get a "super-rural" bonus under an interim final rule issued July 1 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The bonus increases the base rate by 22.6 percent for trips that originate in rural areas in the lowest...

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