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CMS Unveils New Payment Model for Emergent Patients

Published on Fri Mar 08, 2019

Under the five-year model, ambulances can take emergency patients directly to their doctors’ offices. Emergency departments could end up seeing fewer patients arrive via ambulance, thanks to a CMS model that will pilot a new options for transporting Medicare patients who call 911. Background: On Feb. 14, CMS released its Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport Model, also known as ET3. Under [...]
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