US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-02, ch. 10, § 10.4.8
Air Ambulance Transports Canceled Due to Weather or Other
Circumstances Beyond the Pilot’s Control
(Rev. 1, 10-01-03)
The chart below shows the Medicare payment determination for various air ambulance
scenarios in which the flight is aborted due to bad weather, or other circumstance beyond
the pilot’s control.
Air Ambulance Scenarios: Aborted Flights
Aborted Flight Scenario Medicare Payment Determination
Any time before the beneficiary is loaded
onboard (i.e., prior to or after take-off to
point-of-pickup.)
None.
Transport after the beneficiary is loaded
onboard.
Appropriate air base rate, mileage, and
rural adjustment.
History
(Rev. 1, 10-01-03)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
c67a4c39ffaa14d697d3a09e1d943b7adbaa40d149cf437f26e6a24c9887129f
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