No, emergency ambulance transports are an exclusion if the resident meets the criteria
for needing an ambulance. Routine trips to a doctor's office or clinic in an
ambulance are not excluded, but emergency ER visits are exclusions.
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From: Jennifer Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Oct 30, 2003 7:20 AM
To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Consolidated Billing - Help! having a senior moment
I am having "senior moment" Consolidated Billing - Ambulance to ER for an
EMERGENCY visit, resident not admitted. We are responsible for BOTH the
ambulance ride TO and FROM the ER if patient is MED A, am I correct??
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