Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025
Summary
Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025 This bill authorizes payment changes under Medicare for air ambulance services based on certain collected data and requires additional reporting from providers of these services. Current law requires providers of air ambulance services to report certain information regarding general costs and utilization to the Department of Health and Human Services; private health insurers are also required to report information relating to coverage of these services. The bill authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to revise payment rates under Medicare for air ambulance services based on this data, and it requires providers of air ambulance services to specifically report information relating to costs and utilization under Medicare. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the data that is collected under current law requirements and to recommend changes to Medicare payment rates accordingly.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 29, 2025
Last action Jul 29, 2025
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Committee
1
Jul 29, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Jul 29, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Michael F. Bennet
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
Co
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
Co
John W. Hickenlooper
DDemocratic
Co
Mark R. Warner
DDemocratic
Co
Marsha Blackburn
RRepublican
Co
Martin Heinrich
DDemocratic
Co
Shelley Moore Capito
RRepublican
Co
Steve Daines
RRepublican
Co
Ted Budd
RRepublican
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