September 22, 2000 N A T I O N A L   N E W S   B R I E F   News Index | The Kentucky EMS Connection Main Index Published by the Minnesota Ambulance Association Projected impact of new Medicare ambulance fee schedule Projected impact, by state, of the proposed Medicare ambulance fee schedule, provided by the Minnesota Ambulance Association.

Disclaimer: The Minnesota Ambulance Association claims no responsibility for the accuracy of this report.

This chart represents impact by state in which one or more carrier localities for the payment of ambulance services are impacted positively or negatively.

State	Highest Average Prevailing Charges A0360	Highest 1999 IIC Reimbursement A0360	2001 Fee Schedule Payment	Alternate Non-Emg BLS Code	Highest Average Prevailing Charge A0370	Highest IIC Reimbursement A0370	2001 Fee Schedule Payment	Alternate Emg ALS Code
Alaska	$250.00	$252.75	$176.49		$450.00	$454.95	$335.32
Alabama	N/A	$101.25	$143.30		N/A	$265.67	$272.26
Arkansas	N/A	$160.47	$141.09		N/A	$275.95	$268.07
Arizona*	$399.10	$271.05	$154.76		$372.10	$364.26	$294.05	A0368
California	$450.00	$302.13	$161.82		$750.00	$591.75	$307.46
Colorado	$372.00	$348.21	$155.42		$624.50	$467.01	$295.31
Connecticut*	$267.00	$264.04	$175.60	A0320	$496.00	$414.48	$333.65	A0330
DC	N/A	$109.87	$175.60		N/A	$114.38	$333.65
Delaware	N/A	$122.82	$161.05		N/A	N/A	$305.99
Florida*	N/A	$170.36	$151.68	A0320	N/A	$299.56	$288.19	A0330
Georgia*	N/A	$150.19	$146.05	A0320	N/A	$263.93	$277.50	A0330
Hawaii*	N/A	$277.26	$174.50	A0300	N/A	$321.01	$331.55	A0310
Iowa	$215.00	$157.92	$144.18		$416.00	$420.58	$273.94
Idaho*	$200.00	$204.83	$145.06		$455.00	$429.68	$275.62	A0330
Illinois	$250.00	$121.07	$145.17		$485.00	$250.22	$275.83
Indiana*	N/A	$155.88	$148.59	A0320	N/A	$365.88	$282.32	A0330
Kansas	N/A	$148.25	$146.16		N/A	$211.19	$277.71
Kentucky*	N/A	$106.48	$143.19		N/A	$245.64	$272.05	A0330
Louisiana	N/A	$194.77	$143.85		N/A	$335.43	$273.31
Massachusetts	N/A	$224.26	$169.76		N/A	$295.09	$322.54
Maryland	N/A	$145.23	$155.20		N/A	$499.60	$294.89
Maine	N/A	$159.35	$148.37		N/A	$184.33	$281.90
Michigan*	$250.00	$170.16	$150.68		$495.00	$375.15	$286.30	A0330
Minnesota	$375.00	$156.07	$154.32		$695.00	$457.00	$293.21
Missouri	N/A	$202.20	$138.33		N/A	$336.21	$262.84
Mississippi	N/A	$119.28	$139.99		N/A	$122.39	$265.98
Montana	$240.00	$188.85	$143.96		$565.00	$231.40	$273.52
North Carolina	N/A	$103.51	$149.47		N/A	$106.24	$284.00
North Dakota	$150.00	$151.65	$144.18		$350.00	$360.50	$273.94
Nebraska	N/A	$156.51	$143.74		N/A	$320.54	$273.10
New Hampshire	N/A	$143.45	$161.05		N/A	$206.56	$305.99
New Jersey	$142.34	$142.34	$168.77		$1,260.00	N/A	$320.66
New Mexico*	N/A	$116.15	$147.04		N/A	$279.00	$279.39	A0330
Nevada*	$434.00	$174.10	$161.38		$500.00	$389.29	$306.62	A0368
New York*	$229.60	$229.60	$152.12	A0320	$338.37	$338.37	$289.02	A0330
Ohio*	$290.00	$268.55	$151.01	A0320	$650.00	$545.87	$286.93	A0330
Oklahoma*	N/A	$158.35	$144.18			$450.50	$273.94	A0330
Oregon	$394.00	$484.30	$150.35		$395.00	$610.63	$285.67
Pennsylvania	$398.20	$232.90	$149.80		$475.00	$308.96	$284.62
PR/VI*	$216.84	$216.84	$126.65	A0320	N/A	N/A	$240.63
Rhode Island	N/A	$200.35	$164.91		N/A	$223.25	$313.33
South Carolina	N/A	$106.83	$147.04		N/A	$117.41	$279.39
South Dakota	$185.02	$137.37	$143.85		$349.28	$226.40	$273.31
Tennessee	N/A	$122.06	$146.49		N/A	$189.51	$278.34
Texas	N/A	$212.14	$144.73		N/A	$247.48	$274.99
Utah*	$243.70	$223.59	$149.25	A0320	$523.30	$477.05	$283.58	A0330
Virginia*	N/A	$236.89	$150.79	A0320	N/A	$324.60	$286.51	A0330
Vermont	N/A	$129.83	$155.87		N/A	$177.06	$296.15
Washington	$289.00	$216.27	$154.65		$435.00	$296.06	$293.84
Wisconsin	$375.00	$198.49	$149.91		$475.00	$394.30	$284.83
West Virginia*	$200.00	$113.58	$141.20	A0320	$525.00	$273.16	$268.28	A0330
Wyoming	$150.00	$147.39	$145.94		$230.22	$227.48	$277.29

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