TEMSA members Michael Furrh of Lavaca County EMS and Butch Oberhoff of Acadian Ambulance testified before the Texas Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Appropriations, respectively, in […]
Texas ET3: Your Questions Answered
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) asked Texas EMS agencies to submit their questions regarding the new Texas ET3 program to an e-mail box specific to the program. […]
Novitas’ November 16 Webinar on Prior Authorization for Medicare
Novitas will hold another webinar on Medicare’s new prior authorization program for Texas on Tuesday, November 16. Participants must register in advance. The following is from Novitas: The Centers for […]
CMS Announces Prior Auth Ambulance Transports for Texas
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on August 26, 2021, that it will expand its prior authorization for repetitive, scheduled non-emergency transportation to the state of Texas […]
CMS Listening Session on Ambulance Data Collection
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a listening session on June 28, 2018 to discuss the ambulance data collection program, which was created by the Bipartisan […]
CMS Releases Guidance for Dialysis Transport Cuts
Click here to review Congress’ February budget bill, which extended Medicare’s ambulance add-on payments. The add-ons were offset by future cost reporting and cuts to dialysis transports. Brian Werfel will […]
Congress Passes Medicare Ambulance Extenders; New Cost Reporting
Congress passed a funding resolution early this morning that includes Medicare add-on payments for ground ambulances that will be in effect for five years (December 31, 2022). However, much like other […]
TEMSA Urges Calls to Congress on Medicare’s Add-on Payments
November 29, 2017 Re: Call Your Member of Congress on Medicare Add-on Payments Dear TEMSA Member: Congress must address several important items before the year ends, and the expiration of […]
February 24: Medicare’s Next Ambulance Open Forum
The next CMS Ambulance Open Door Forum scheduled for: Date: Wednesday February 24, 2016 Start Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Time (ET); Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start […]
Ford Ambulance Recall
Ford announced a recall for certain ambulances. Click here to learn more: