§ 71-5-1509. Implementation of Part — Termination of Ground Ambulance Provider Assessment
The assessment in this part shall not be implemented until after the bureau receives notice from the centers for medicare and medicaid services that approval for the assessment is granted. The bureau shall implement this part to the extent that it is not inconsistent with the TennCare II federal waiver or any successor federal waiver. […]
§ 71-5-1510. Promulgation of Rules
The bureau is authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this part. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
§ 71-5-1505. Maintenance of Coverage Trust Fund
Upon approval by the centers for medicare and medicaid services of the assessment imposed by this part, the bureau shall reimburse each ambulance provider with qualifying ground ambulance service medicaid transports in an amount calculated by the bureau. This calculation will be determined by the bureau’s estimate of assessment collections and the resulting available program […]
§ 71-5-1506. Policy Measures to Ensure Enforcement and Compliance — Penalties — Quarterly Transport Count Data
The bureau has the authority to create policy measures that ensure the enforcement and compliance of this part. The bureau shall require an ambulance provider that fails to pay an assessment due under this part to pay the bureau, in addition to the assessment, a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) per calendar day for each […]
§ 71-5-1507. Annual Cost and Utilization Report
For the purposes of this part, all ambulance providers shall file an annual cost and utilization report reflecting the most recently completed calendar year. The submitted cost and utilization report must include: Specified data on any vehicle owned or operated by the ambulance provider that is used for the purposes of patient transport; Total number […]
§ 71-5-1508. Audit
There is created a special agency account in the state general fund to be known as the “ambulance service assessment revenue fund,” referred to in this part as the “fund.” The fund shall continue without interruptions and shall be operated in accordance with this section. Unless otherwise specified in this part, revenue generated from the […]
§ 71-5-1501. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act.” The intent of this part is to enhance EMS services and improve access to emergency medical pre-hospital care in this state.
§ 71-5-1502. Part Definitions
As used in this part: “Ambulance provider” means a public or private ground-based ambulatory service, other than an ambulance service based on federal property, that bills for transports and has a base of operations within the state; “Assessment” means the medicaid ambulance provider assessment established by this part; “Bureau” means the bureau of TennCare; “Medicaid […]
§ 71-5-1503. Annual Coverage Assessment on Covered Hospitals
An ambulance provider shall pay an assessment to the bureau: In accordance with this part; In the amount designated in § 71-5-1504; Quarterly, on a day determined by the bureau; and No more than thirty (30) business days after the day on which the bureau issues the ambulance provider notice of the assessment. The bureau […]
§ 71-5-1504. Calculation of Uniform Assessment per Ground Transport — Quarterly Transport Data
The bureau shall calculate a uniform assessment per ground transport for each ambulance provider pursuant to subsection (b). Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), each quarter of the state fiscal year, the assessment due from each ambulance provider will equal the rate set in subsection (e) multiplied by each provider’s total transports reported from […]