Out‐of‐Network Air Ambulance Bills: Prevalence, Magnitude, and Policy Solutions

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Examines the prevalence and cost of surprise air ambulance bills among privately insured patients. Describes air ambulance rates for commercial payers in relation to Medicare rates. Compares the number of air ambulance claims from urban and rural locations. Offers policy solutions to address surprise and out-of-network bills for these services.

Erin C. Fuse Brown, Erin Trish, Bich Ly, Mark Hall, Loren Adler

Milbank Quarterly, 98(3), 747-774

06/2020

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Emergency medical services · Health insurance · Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Reimbursement and payment models · Statistics and data