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CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 19, § 100.12.1
A/B MAC (A) - Outpatient Hospital-Based Ambulance
Services - Medicare Part B - Payment Policy
(Rev. 1040, Issued: 08-25-06, Effective: 09-11-06, Implementation: 09-11-06)
Medically necessary ambulance services submitted by hospital-based ambulance
providers are reimbursed based on the ambulance fee schedule.
The Medicare Part B deductible and coinsurance apply to ambulance services, but are
waived by the IHS.
See Chapter 15, §30.2.4 of Pub. 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, for more
information on the payment of ambulance claims.
History
(Rev. 1040, Issued: 08-25-06, Effective: 09-11-06, Implementation: 09-11-06)
Provenance
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- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
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- iom-2026-08-25
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