Ambulance Billing News

Enhanced Achieves 5010 Version X12 Compliance for HIPAA Transactions

Enhanced Management Services, Inc, an emergency medical services and ambulance billing company announces its compliance with the Version 5010 X12 standards of readiness for HIPAA transactions.

GPCI Decrease Offsets Positive Medicare Increase in Some Geographic Areas

Talk about a “yo-yo” effect of ups and downs surrounding the anticipated new Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule amounts! You’ll recall we Blogged several times about the Congressional battle that stood to interfere with the extension of the bonus payments. We learned that the Ambulance Inflation Factor (AIF) would finally be a positive 2.4%. At the time that seemed like very good news! Then our hopes were dashed for any increase when it appeared that Congress would allow the Ambulance bonus payments to expire.

Enhanced Management Services "CAC Wall of Pride"

Enhanced continues to require CAC Certification of new employees as part of its extensive training program. The diplomas of the company's CAC graduates are proudly displayed on the "CAC Wall of Pride" for visitors and staff to see when entering the company's corporate headquarters in Danville.

Ambulance Inflation Factor to increase by 2.4% in 2012

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that the Ambulance Inflation Factor (AIF) for 2012 will be set at +2.4% beginning on January 1, 2012.

Recovery Audit Program Extended to Medicaid

Last week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its final rule establishing the Medicaid Recovery Audit program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) touted the program as a key part of the Obama Administration’s initiatives to curb waste, fraud and abuse within the Medicaid system, and extending the Recovery Audit initiatives beyond Medicare for the first time.

AAA Encourages EMS Community to Action

The American Ambulance Association is calling for the EMS Community to reach out to members of Congress to show their support in sponsorship of the Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2011 (MAAPA).

New HIPAA-Mandated Format to Affect EMS Billing

Electronic medical claims submitted by healthcare providers and suppliers in the U.S.A. will take on a new look in 2012, thanks to the HIPAA mandated conversion to Version 5010 electronic transaction format.

Re-Calculation May Delay Ambulance Fee Schedule Increase Extensions

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) representatives announced during yesterday's Ambulance Open Door Forum nationwide conference call that extended increases in the Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule, mandated by the newly-passed Health Care Reform Legislations, could be delayed until mid- to late-May due to mandated re-calculations in the Geographic Practice Cost Index (GPCI).

How Will the Health Care Reform Law Affect Billing for Ambulance Services?

As you know, President Obama signed brand new Health Care Reform Legislation into law. Already health care providers, including ambulance services and EMS administrators, across the nation are beginning to ask questions about what these sweeping changes will mean for them, specifically. These answers will come over time, however, our friends at Page, Wolfberg and Wirth have put together a short statement pointing to the immediate items that will potentially have a direct impact on the ambulance industry for both the short and long terms.

Our Maryland office is on the move...

New office is easier to find and easier to access.

Our Bel Air office is moving to a new location! We are now located at...

260 Gateway Drive
Suite 13B
Bel Air, MD 21014

Our new office is easier to find, easier to access, has more parking spots and has a fresh coat of paint, too!

PA Governor Signs New EMS Bill

From: Office Of The Governor

GOVERNOR RENDELL SIGNS NEW EMS LAW

HARRISBURG – Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed into law SB240, a measure to update and enhance Pennsylvania's existing Emergency Medical Services Act. The law was first enacted in 1985.

New On-Demand Reporting System

Get instant access to your billing records via a simple web interface from Enhanced Management Services. Enhanced has created an online reporting system that allows you to generate your own billing reports when you need them.

Enhanced Billing Staff Becomes Certified Ambulance Coders

Enhanced Management Services, Inc. is the first ambulance billing service in the nation to certify 100% of its billing staff in Certified Ambulance Coder (CAC)™ program. The CAC certification demonstrates our continued commitment to compliance, collection, and efficiency.

New Ambulance Billing Service blog is here to serve you!

Enhanced Management Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the Ambulance Billing Services blog at www.ambulancebillingservices.com. We created the blog as a way to share tips that will help you streamline your billing services and collect more money. We’ll also talk about industry news and trends as it relates to the administrative billing services for ambulance companies.

Be Ready for the "Red Flag Rules"

Ambulance services need to take immediate steps to familiarize themselves with the Red Flag Rules and implement an Identity Theft Prevention Program. The FTC recently announced that it will begin enforcing the “Red Flag Rules” on May 1, 2009.

New Medicare Signature Requirements!!

Signature requirements will change AGAIN on January 1, 2009. All Enhanced Clients have been provided the required information and forms prior to January 1st.