Happy Holidays! We want you to know how much we appreciate you and your business.  Our customers mean the world to us all here at PMC! To allow our staff to spend time with their families and loved ones, we will observe the following holiday schedule for the 2022/2023 holiday... READ MORE

2023 Ambulance Inflation Factor The Ambulance Inflation Factor for the year 2023 has been released by CMS.  Transports provided on January 1st, 2023 and later will be paid using the standard ambulance fee schedule for your squad’s zip code, plus an increase of 8.7%.  After... READ MORE

Priority Medical Claims, Inc. Notice of Privacy Practices IMPORTANT: THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY. Priority Medical Claims, Inc. is committed to... READ MORE

Medicare Data Collection System for Ground Ambulance Providers New Start Date is January 1st, 2021!!! Effective January 1, 2020 (Delayed for one year due to CoVID-19) and continuing through 2024, ground ambulance providers and suppliers that have been selected to participate in... READ MORE

  Medicare Ambulance Prior Authorization – Nationwide Rollout September 22, 2020 CMS announced today that “repetitive, scheduled, non-emergency ambulance transports” (RSNAT) will soon require prior authorization nationwide.  Up to now, the prior... READ MORE

More CoVID Funding for EMS Providers In an October 1st, 2020 press release, the US DHHS announced that an additional 20 Billion dollars was being released for CARES Act Provider Relief Payments.  The online application portal will open Monday, October 5th, 2020.  This means more... READ MORE

Starting an ambulance company is a challenge, but sometimes it is necessary to improve the service available in your community. If you are thinking about starting an ambulance company, you need the right kind of partners in your new venture. One of these partners should be an... READ MORE

The ambulance PCS rules have changed for the year 2020.  Ambulance & EMS billing often requires providers to obtain an Ambulance Physician Certification Statement (PCS).  For the year 2020, we have seen some important changes to the PCS rules over at CMS and Medicare.  The... READ MORE

Ambulance Documentation Questions – Mileage Reporting How do we record tenths of a mile when the odometer doesn’t display tenths? Medicare billing is limited to the patient’s loaded miles only, the miles traveled while the patient is on board the ambulance. Also,... READ MORE

Priority Medical Claims – Ambulance Documentation Guidelines Ambulance Documentation Guide – Section One Introduction Medicare and many other insurance programs cover ground and air ambulance both. Ground ambulance refers to land and water born vehicles both. Air... READ MORE