Medicare Program; Coverage and Payment of Ambulance Services; Inflation Update for CY 2004
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2003-12-05 · Effective 2004-01-01 · 68 FR 67960
Document
Document number
03-30152
Federal Register citation
68 FR 67960
CFR reference
42 CFR 414
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule with comment period.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2003-12-05
Effective date
2004-01-01
HHS docket
CMS-1232-FC
Abstract
This final rule provides the sunset date for the interim bonus payment for rural ambulance mileage of 18 through 50 miles as required by the Medicare, Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Program Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA) and provides notice of the annual Ambulance Inflation Factor (AIF) for ambulance services for calendar year (CY) 2004. The statute requires that this inflation factor be applied in determining the fee schedule amounts and payment limits for ambulance services.