{"id":6049,"date":"2016-03-11T12:33:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T12:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/?p=6049"},"modified":"2021-03-29T15:17:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T09:47:57","slug":"know-your-medicare-part-b-coverage-benefits-for-ambulance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/know-your-medicare-part-b-coverage-benefits-for-ambulance\/","title":{"rendered":"Know your Medicare Part B Coverage Benefits for Ambulance!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicare Part B Coverage<\/h2>\n

An ambulance service is deemed necessary for a patient who is either unconscious, heavily bleeding, or is unable to travel through any other mode of transport. Ambulance services are separately payable under Medicare Part B which pays 80 percent of the Medicare-approved cost. Ambulance providers cannot charge more than what is approved. Medicare ambulance benefit is confined to transportation and in the absence of transport, it is no payable service.<\/p>\n

Ground Ambulance Coverage<\/h2>\n

Coverage under Medicare Part B for ambulance transportation is limited to only the situation wherein the patient is in dire need of medical care in a hospital or a skilled nursing facility, and when any other mode of transport would prove dangerous.<\/p>\n

Medicare Part B does not cover transportation to and from a doctor\u2019s clinic, however, under exceptional circumstances, in a non-emergency situation, with a doctor\u2019s certification stating the necessity, Medicare Part B might pay.<\/p>\n

Air Ambulance Coverage<\/h3>\n

An air ambulance is covered for transferring a patient from one hospital to another, provided the present hospital lacks inadequate facilities needed by the patient.<\/p>\n