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Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-1643| Senate 
| Updated: 5/7/2025
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (18)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Bill Cassidy (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Tom Cotton (Republican)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)James C. Justice (Republican)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Peter Welch (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill seeks to ensure continued patient access to vital ground ambulance services under the Medicare program by amending Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend critical add-on payments for these services. Specifically, the legislation pushes back the expiration date for both super rural ambulance and general ground ambulance service payment adjustments from October 1, 2025, to January 1, 2028 . For services provided between October 1, 2025, and January 1, 2028, the bill establishes a 26.7 percent increase for super rural ambulance services, and sets new percentage increases of 4.3 percent and 3.4 percent for other ground ambulance services during the same interim period, thereby maintaining enhanced reimbursement rates.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-2037
Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-1673
Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023
Mar 18, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2232
Introduced in House
May 7, 2025
Introduced in Senate
May 7, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-2037
    Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-1673
    Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023


  • March 18, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2232
    Introduced in House


  • May 7, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 7, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Health

Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-1643| Senate 
| Updated: 5/7/2025
This bill seeks to ensure continued patient access to vital ground ambulance services under the Medicare program by amending Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend critical add-on payments for these services. Specifically, the legislation pushes back the expiration date for both super rural ambulance and general ground ambulance service payment adjustments from October 1, 2025, to January 1, 2028 . For services provided between October 1, 2025, and January 1, 2028, the bill establishes a 26.7 percent increase for super rural ambulance services, and sets new percentage increases of 4.3 percent and 3.4 percent for other ground ambulance services during the same interim period, thereby maintaining enhanced reimbursement rates.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-2037
Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-1673
Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023
Mar 18, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2232
Introduced in House
May 7, 2025
Introduced in Senate
May 7, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-2037
    Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2021


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-1673
    Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023


  • March 18, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2232
    Introduced in House


  • May 7, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 7, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (18)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Bill Cassidy (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Tom Cotton (Republican)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)James C. Justice (Republican)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Peter Welch (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Finance Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted