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House of Representatives
Session of 2021 - 2022 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: March 18, 2021 03:10 PM
From: Representative Kurt A. Masser
To: All House members
Subject: Legislation - Direct EMS Reimbursement (Prior HB 1347)
 
In the near future, I plan to re-introduce HB 1347 to address a longstanding billing issue plaguing our emergency services providers in this Commonwealth.

My proposal will amend Act 284 of 1921, known as the Insurance Company Law to require insurance carriers to reimburse ambulance companies for 911 emergency medical services provided regardless of whether the EMS agency is part of the insurance carrier’s network.

This legislation will repeal specific provisions under the act that were implemented in 2015 by Act 84, which created a “registry” to be maintained by the Department of Health, which out-network 911 ambulance companies could select annually from which insurance carrier they would be willing to receive reimbursement.

When a 911 emergency medical services agency responds to a legitimate 911 emergency call and renders emergency services to a patient covered by a health insurance policy that includes this coverage as a benefit, network membership should not be a hurdle to an ambulance company receiving due recompense for services provided.

Although the provisions contained in Act 84 were the result of a compromise, it still falls short of addressing a significant unfairness, which is not paying a business directly for providing a legitimate, valuable and verifiable service; a service an insurance carrier’s very own enrollee requested in a time of need.

Please join me in sponsoring this legislation to require insurance carriers to fairly pay ambulance companies for a legitimate service provided under a 911 emergency call even though they may not be in a network.

Please contact Cindy Abbott in my office at 717-215-3568 or cabbott@pahousegop.com if you have any questions.




Introduced as HB1293


Memo Updated: March 18, 2021 03:11 PM