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Review of Medical Necessity for Ambulance Service

Issued on  | Posted on  | Report number: A-01-91-00513

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

This final audit report presents the results of our nationwides. Our review disclosed that, from 1986 to 1989, the number of trips by Medicare beneficiaries in advanced life support (ALS) ambulances increased by 131 percent while the number of trips in basic life support (BLS) ambulances increased by only 14 percent. Further, allowed charges from ALS and BLS ambulances increased by $72 million from 1988 to 1989. Of this amount, $53 million or 73 percent was attributable to increased utilization of ALS ambulances.

Report Type
Audit
HHS Agencies
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Target Groups
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Notice

This report may be subject to section 5274 of the National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2023, 117 Pub. L. 263.