What does Medicare cover in relation to the costs associated with EMS services?
Medicare will cover medically necessary ambulance transportation to the nearest appropriate medical facility. Emergency ambulance transportation may qualify for Medicare coverage if the transport is a result of a sudden onset of a medical condition or a traumatic injury when delaying immediate medical attention could reasonably result in placing the patient’s health in serious jeopardy, impairment to bodily function, or serious dysfunction to any bodily organ or part. Medicare requires that all ambulance transportation be medically necessary and reasonable.

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1. Why do I have to pay for a public service like EMS? Don't I already pay taxes for that?
2. Why didn't Medicare cover my ambulance bill?
3. What does Medicare cover in relation to the costs associated with EMS services?
4. What do I do if Medicare does not pay my ambulance bill?
5. Why wasn't a claim filed with my secondary insurance company after Medicare denied my claim?
6. The hospital filed with my insurance company, so why didn't Butler County EMS?