(a) An ambulance provider shall pay an assessment to the bureau:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-5-1503

  • Ambulance provider: means a public or private ground-based ambulance service, other than an ambulance service based on federal property, that bills for transports and has a base of operations within this state. See Tennessee Code 71-5-1502
  • Assessment: means the medicaid ambulance provider assessment established by this part. See Tennessee Code 71-5-1502
  • Bureau: means the bureau of TennCare. See Tennessee Code 71-5-1502
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) In accordance with this part;
(2) In the amount designated in § 71-5-1504;
(3) Quarterly, on a day determined by the bureau; and
(4) No more than thirty (30) business days after the day on which the bureau issues the ambulance provider notice of the assessment.
(b) The bureau shall:

(1) Determine the standards and procedures used to implement and enforce this part;
(2) Collect the assessment described in subsection (a); and
(3) Transfer assessment proceeds to the state treasurer for deposit into the ambulance service assessment revenue fund created in § 71-5-1508.
(c) An ambulance provider shall not increase charges or add a surcharge to ground transports based on, or as a result of, the assessment described in subsection (a).
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