US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-02, ch. 10, § 10.3.8
Ambulance Service to Physician’s Office
A3-3114.C.7, HO-236.3.G, B3-2130.3.G
These trips are covered only under the following circumstances:
• The ambulance transport is enroute to a Medicare covered destination as
described in §10.3 ; and
• During the transport, the ambulance stops at a physician's office because of the
patient's dire need for professional attention, and immediately thereafter, the
ambulance continues to the covered destination.
In such cases, the patient will be deemed to have been transported directly to a covered
destination and payment may be made for a single transport and the entire mileage of the
transport, including any additional mileage traveled because of the stop at the physician’s
office.
History
(Rev. 1, 10-01-03)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
5924274d582bc38f199b0b7777d1dea225c7711f0ecb9043cd98bc7f48a4480a
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