SB 5840 - DIGEST
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/05/15)

Requires an eligible provider to receive supplemental medicaid reimbursement in addition to the rate of payment that the provider would otherwise receive for medicaid ground emergency medical transportation services.

Requires the state health care authority to design and implement, in consultation with eligible providers, an intergovernmental transfer program relating to medicaid managed care, ground emergency medical transport services including those services provided by emergency medical technicians at the basic, advanced, and paramedic levels in the prestabilization and preparation for transport in order to increase capitation payments for the purpose of increasing reimbursement to eligible providers.