265.822 Air Ambulances
The Medical Society of the State of New York supports state and/or federal legislation to establish an independent dispute resolution system to resolve payment disputes between emergency air ambulance providers and health insurers, similar to the “expedited arbitration” process used to determine payment for out of network emergency and “surprise” hospital bills in New York; such independent dispute resolution process should ensure that the patient be “held harmless” except for applicable insurance policy in-network cost-sharing requirements. This resolution will also be transmitted to the American Medical Association for consideration at its next House of Delegates meeting. (HOD 2019-65)
