Costs for Ground Ambulance Services

For ground ambulance services (ambulance services), the bill:

• Allows a political subdivision or an ambulance service providing ambulance services on behalf of the political subdivision to submit to the division of insurance (division) the established rates for the ambulance services, if the rates meet specified conditions;
• Requires the division to publish reimbursement rates on the division's public-facing website;
• Establishes reimbursement rates for ambulance services that are out of network; and
• Prohibits an out-of-network ambulance service from billing an individual covered under a health insurance coverage plan (covered person) any outstanding balance for a covered service not paid for by an insurance carrier, except for any coinsurance, deductible, or copayment amount required to be paid by the covered person. If a covered person makes a payment for an out-of-network ambulance service, the payment must be applied to the covered person's in-network deductibles and in-network out-of-pocket maximum amounts.
  (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)