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2019-2020 Regular Session
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Legislation - Direct EMS Reimbursement (Prior HB 1823)
April 11, 2019 11:53 AM to All House Members
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Representative Kurt Masser
R House District 107
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In the near future, I plan to re-introduce HB 1823 to address a longstanding billing issue plaguing our emergency services providers in this Commonwealth.

My proposal will amend Act 284 of 1921, known as the Insurance Company Law to require insurance carriers to reimburse ambulance companies for 911 emergency medical services provided regardless of whether the EMS agency is part of the insurance carrier’s network.

This legislation will repeal specific provisions under the act that were implemented in 2015 by Act 84, which created a “registry” to be maintained by the Department of Health, which out-network 911 ambulance companies could select annually from which insurance carrier they would be willing to receive reimbursement.

When a 911 emergency medical services agency responds to a legitimate 911 emergency call and renders emergency services to a patient covered by a health insurance policy that includes this coverage as a benefit, network membership should not be a hurdle to an ambulance company receiving due recompense for services provided.

Although the provisions contained in Act 84 were the result of a compromise, it still falls short of addressing a significant unfairness, which is not paying a business directly for providing a legitimate, valuable and verifiable service; a service an insurance carrier’s very own enrollee requested in a time of need.

Please join me in sponsoring this legislation to require insurance carriers to fairly pay ambulance companies for a legitimate service provided under a 911 emergency call even though they may not be in a network.

Please contact Cindy Abbott in my office at 717-215-3568 or cabbott@pahousegop.com if you have any questions.
 
Legislation
Document - Introduced as HB 1347
Legislation - Direct EMS Reimbursement (Prior HB 1823)
April 11, 2019 11:53 AM to All House Members

Circulated By
MASSER

Memo
In the near future, I plan to re-introduce HB 1823 to address a longstanding billing issue plaguing our emergency services providers in this Commonwealth.

My proposal will amend Act 284 of 1921, known as the Insurance Company Law to require insurance carriers to reimburse ambulance companies for 911 emergency medical services provided regardless of whether the EMS agency is part of the insurance carrier’s network.

This legislation will repeal specific provisions under the act that were implemented in 2015 by Act 84, which created a “registry” to be maintained by the Department of Health, which out-network 911 ambulance companies could select annually from which insurance carrier they would be willing to receive reimbursement.

When a 911 emergency medical services agency responds to a legitimate 911 emergency call and renders emergency services to a patient covered by a health insurance policy that includes this coverage as a benefit, network membership should not be a hurdle to an ambulance company receiving due recompense for services provided.

Although the provisions contained in Act 84 were the result of a compromise, it still falls short of addressing a significant unfairness, which is not paying a business directly for providing a legitimate, valuable and verifiable service; a service an insurance carrier’s very own enrollee requested in a time of need.

Please join me in sponsoring this legislation to require insurance carriers to fairly pay ambulance companies for a legitimate service provided under a 911 emergency call even though they may not be in a network.

Please contact Cindy Abbott in my office at 717-215-3568 or cabbott@pahousegop.com if you have any questions.
 

Document
Introduced as HB 1347
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