A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure medicare reimbursement for certain ambulance services, and to improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system, and for other purposes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Medicare Coverage of Certain Ambulance Services
Title II: State Emergency Medical Services Agency
Participation in Certain Federal Programs
Title III: Federal Commission for Emergency Ambulance
Services
Title IV: Study and Report Regarding Consolidation of
Federal Authority Over Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Services Efficiency Act of 1998 - Title I: Medicare Coverage of Certain Ambulance Services - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicare reimbursement for ambulance services rendered as a result of the sudden onset of a medical condition manifested by symptoms believed to be serious but whose ultimate diagnosis results in the conclusion that the ambulance services were not necessary.
Title II: State Emergency Medical Services Agency Participation in Certain Federal Programs - Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include State emergency medical services agencies among the entities eligible for financial assistance with regard to telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas.
Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to allow a State emergency medical services agency to participate in the Informatics, Telemedicine, and Education Demonstration Project as part of an eligible health care provider telemedicine network (consortium).
Title III: Federal Commission for Emergency Ambulance Services - Establishes the Federal Commission for Emergency Ambulance Services to study and report to the President and the Congress on all matters relating to emergency ambulance services, including any existing or proposed Federal department or agency rules that impact such services, together with recommendations for improving such matters.
Title IV: Study and Report Regarding Consolidation of Federal Authority Over Emergency Medical Services - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report to the President and the Congress on the consolidation of Federal authority over emergency medical services in a single Federal agency, together with appropriate recommendations.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5129-5131)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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