Bill > HB1392

This bill modifies Mississippi's healthcare regulations related to ambulance services and insurance reimbursement, with several key provisions. The legislation, known as the Mississippi Triage, Treat and Transport to Alternative Destination Act, expands ambulance service coverage to include treating patients in place using telemedicine and transporting patients to alternative destinations like urgent care centers, physician offices, or behavioral health facilities, instead of only to hospitals. The bill reduces the maximum reimbursement rate for out-of-network ambulance service providers from 325% to 250% of Medicare rates and requires the Department of Insurance to publish contracted ambulance service rates on its website within ten days of their establishment. Additionally, the bill mandates that explanation of benefits documents include the ambulance service provider's billed charges and requires that ambulance service providers be paid according to assignment of benefits, with the Commissioner of Insurance responsible for enforcing these provisions. The changes will take effect on July 1, 2025, and are designed to provide more flexible and potentially cost-effective emergency medical service options for patients while ensuring fair compensation for ambulance service providers.

Health and Social Services

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1392.xml