Ambulance Services

CMS: Prior Authorization Slashed Ambulance Transportation by 70%

Prior authorization dramatically lowered the use of regular, non-emergency ambulance transportation among Medicare beneficiaries without affecting quality or beneficiaries’ access to care, according to a government report on Monday. Those are the results of a CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation experiment to test whether requiring ambulance service providers to get pre-approval for such

CMS: Prior Authorization Slashed Ambulance Transportation by 70% Read More »

Hartford HealthCare Purchase of Meriden-Based Hunter’s Ambulance Approved

State regulators have approved a deal allowing Hartford HealthCare to buy Hunter’s Ambulance Service Inc., making it the first ambulance service owned by the health care network. The proposed agreement didn’t require a public hearing, according to a letter from the state dated Friday. The approval paves the way for a stock acquisition for Hunter’s

Hartford HealthCare Purchase of Meriden-Based Hunter’s Ambulance Approved Read More »

Intermountain Strengthens Its Air Medical, Telehealth, and Rural Health Services with Agreement to Acquire Classic Air Medical

Intermountain Healthcare has signed an agreement to acquire Classic Air Medical, a leading air medical transport company that serves patients in eight western states, including much of the same footprint as Intermountain’s telehealth service network. Classic is headquartered in North Salt Lake, Utah, and operates 28 aircraft (16 rotary-wing and 12 fixed-wing units). Classic completed

Intermountain Strengthens Its Air Medical, Telehealth, and Rural Health Services with Agreement to Acquire Classic Air Medical Read More »

Beaumont Gains AG Approval to Sell Ambulance Company

Beaumont Health has gained approval from the Michigan attorney general’s office to sell its ambulance division to Superior Air-Group Ambulance Service. AG Dana Nessel gave the green light to Southfield-based Beaumont to sell Community Emergency Medical Service Inc., Parastar Inc., and Beaumont Mobile Medicine to Warren-based Superior. The deal has been in review with the

Beaumont Gains AG Approval to Sell Ambulance Company Read More »

Scroll to Top