Perkins. Perry--TX

Document ID: CMS-2010-0205-0044
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Received Date: July 14 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: September 24 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: July 13 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: August 24 2010, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80b18b26
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Medicare Program: Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions toPart B (for CY 2011)

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The proposed rule requiring ambulance services to indicate to the nearest tenth of a mile the distance for transports is overbroad, would create undue hardship on ambulance providers, and is impossible to verify or enforce. A mistake by an employee could result in punitive action against a provider. The ambulance industry is already overburdened and underfunded.