Ambulance Services

Nearly 60 Percent of Ground Ambulance Rides Were Out of Network in 2022, According to New Fair Health Study

Out-of-network ground ambulance rides accounted for a larger percentage of ground ambulance claim lines than in-network rides from 2018 to 2022. In 2022, out-of-network transport accounted for 59.4 percent of all ground ambulance claim lines, while in-network transports made up 40.6 percent of the distribution. There was a slight decrease in out-of-network transports during this …

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Huntsville Hospital Eyes Merger with HEMSI Ambulance Service

Could Huntsville Hospital’s ever-growing expansion across north Alabama include a merger with the largest ambulance service between Nashville and Birmingham? Discussion about a possible merger between the Huntsville Hospital system and Huntsville Emergency Medical Services Inc. (HEMSI), is informal and in the early stages, HEMSI CEO Jon Howell has confirmed. Howell said it was the …

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Ground Ambulance Billing Committee Skeptical of IDR Process

A key group advising Congress on how to prevent surprise bills for consumers after taking emergency transport is skeptical of applying the dispute resolution process that’s the status quo for resolving other out-of-network disputes to ground ambulances. The No Surprises Act passed in 2020 created independent dispute resolution, or IDR, as the method health insurers …

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AmeriPro Health Expands to Kentucky and Indiana with Acquisition of AMR’s Operations

AmeriPro Health, a leading provider of patient logistics and last-mile healthcare delivery services, has acquired American Medical Response, Inc.’s (AMR) operations in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky, and New Albany, Indiana. As a result of the acquisition, AmeriPro Health now provides these three markets, which include UofL Health, University of Louisville Athletics and UK HealthCare, with …

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Empress Ambulance Service Acquires Certain Assets of Mobile Life Support Services, Inc

Empress Ambulance Service, a leading provider of emergency and non-emergency ambulance services in New York, closed a deal acquiring certain assets of Mobile Life Support Services, Inc. (“Mobile Life”) on June 14, 2023. This transaction follows closely Empress’s acquisition of certain assets of Rockland Mobile Care (a division of Rockland Paramedics Services), which took place …

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