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Ambulance fee schedule by 2 percent or 3 percent for ground
ambulance trips in urban and rural areas, respectively
furnished during the period July 1, 2008 through
December 31, 2009; and, for air ambulance services
furnished during the period beginning on July 1, 2008, and
ending on December 31, 2009, any area that was designated
as a rural area for purposes of making payments under such
section for air ambulance services furnished on December
31, 2006, shall be treated as a rural area for purposes of
making payments for ambulance services furnished during
such period. This section is estimated to increase
Medicare expenditures by $20 million for CY 2009.
12. Section 149: Adding Certain Entities as Originating
Sites for Payment of Telehealth Services
This provision will increase access to telehealth
services through the new authority for certain facilities
to serve as originating sites and is expected to have a
negligible budgetary impact on Medicare expenditures.
13. Section 153: Renal Dialysis Provisions
A discussion of the impact of section 153 of the MIPPA
is addressed in section XV.F. of this regulatory impact
analysis in conjunction with the other ESRD provisions of
this rule.
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