Medicare again is proposing to require that ambulance services bill fractional mileage rather than rounding up. EMS faces numerous documentation challenges as it is. This would be one more. We urge you to contact Medicare as they are accepting comments on the matter. Please read the proposed regulation HERE.

To make your comments, go to THIS SITE. Click on “Submit a Comment”. Click the first drop-down menu and select “proposed rules” then enter this code in the “search by code or keyword”: CMS-2010-0209-0001. You will see the proposed rule come up on the search results. Look to the right and click on submit a comment.