(a) The bureau of TennCare shall reimburse an ambulance service provider that provides a covered service to a TennCare recipient at a rate not less than sixty-seven and one-half percent (67.5%) of the federal medicare program’s allowable charge for participating providers. For purposes of this section, “ambulance service provider” means a public or private ground-based ambulance service that bills for transports and has a base of operations in this state.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-5-165
Recipient: means any person who has been determined eligible to receive benefits under this part and who has received such benefits. See Tennessee Code 71-5-103
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
(b) This section does not affect the Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act, compiled under part 15 of this chapter. Funds described under this section and part 15 of this chapter may not be used to fund the other.(c) The bureau of TennCare shall seek an intergovernmental transfer of funds, in consultation with, and subject to approval of, the commissioner of finance and administration for the sole purpose of increasing the rate of reimbursement to ambulance service providers that provide covered services to TennCare recipients at a rate greater than the rate described under subsection (a).(d) The bureau of TennCare, in consultation with and subject to approval of the commissioner of finance and administration, shall develop and implement a program substantially similar to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services’ Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) model, established pursuant to Section 1115A of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1315a), in a manner that complies with this section.
