On March 1, 2022, Amy Lotven at Inside Health Policy reported on a Feb. 14 advocacy letter, coordinated by Simon&Co., urging House and Senate leaders to add report language to the FY22 omnibus to delay further implementation of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) Repetitive Scheduled Non-Emergent Ambulance Transport (RSNAT) model.
Below is an excerpt form the article (the full article is behind a paywall):
In a Feb. 14 letter to key Senate and House committees, 56 advocacy groups request that lawmakers add report language to the omnibus legislation that would delay further implementation of the Repetitive Scheduled Non-Emergency Ambulance Transport (RSNAT) model.
Specifically, the advocates want the committees to include a statement that strongly urges CMS to delay further expansion of the model. They wrote to lawmakers that the model “fails to provide appropriate alternative transportation to dialysis services and diabetes-related wound care for low-income beneficiaries with no other means of transportation.”