Year: 2017
Resolution Number: 42
Action Taken: Referred to the Board
Status: Complete
Author(s): Jayne Courts, MD
Sponsor: Domenic Federico, MD
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with emergency medical services organizations in Michigan to seek a change in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement policy to reimburse the on-site evaluation and treatment of patients, when applicable, and transport of patients to the appropriate next site of care, rather than only to CMS defined and limited locations; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reimburse emergency medical services providers for the evaluation and transport of patients to the appropriate next site of care rather than only to CMS defined and limited transport locations.
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with emergency medical services organizations in Michigan to seek a change in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement policy to reimburse the on-site evaluation and treatment of patients, when applicable, and transport of patients to the appropriate next site of care, rather than only to CMS defined and limited locations; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reimburse emergency medical services providers for the evaluation and transport of patients to the appropriate next site of care rather than only to CMS defined and limited transport locations.
Fiscal Note: NULL
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