General / Healthcare Payment and Reimbursement / Medicare / Medicaid

New Transportation Model Creates Value-Based Care Payment Opportunities for Ambulance Providers and Suppliers

Randall Hanson

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMS Innovation Center”) issued a press release on February 14, 2019, announcing the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport Model (the “ET3”). The ET3 is a five-year payment model that will test two new Medicare ambulance supplier and provider payments for: Treatment...