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§1185l Air ambulance report requirements

Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RIGHTS › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Regulatory Provisions › Part part 7— - group health plan requirements › Subpart Subpart B— - Other Requirements › § 1185l

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Group health plans and insurers must send air ambulance data to the Secretary, along with the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and the Treasury. The first report is due 90 days after the last day of the first calendar year that begins on or after a final rule is issued under section 106(d) of the No Surprises Act. A second report is due 90 days after the last day of the plan year that follows that calendar year. The reports must include claims for air ambulance trips, split by emergency vs. nonemergency; the program type running the service (hospital-owned/sponsored, municipality, hospital hybrid, independent, or tribal in Alaska); whether the trip started in a rural or urban area; aircraft type (rotor or fixed wing); and whether the provider had a contract with the plan. The Secretary may ask for other provider information.

Title 29, §1185l

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(a)Each group health plan and health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage shall submit to the Secretary, jointly with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Treasury—

(1)not later than the date that is 90 days after the last day of the first calendar year beginning on or after the date on which a final rule is promulgated pursuant to the rulemaking described in section 106(d) of the No Surprises Act, the information described in subsection (b) with respect to such plan year; and

(2)not later than the date that is 90 days after the last day of the plan year immediately succeeding the calendar year described in paragraph (1), such information with respect to such immediately succeeding plan year.

(b)For purposes of subsection (a), information described in this subsection, with respect to a group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage, is each of the following:

(1)Claims data for air ambulance services furnished by providers of such services, disaggregated by each of the following factors:

(A)Whether such services were furnished on an emergent or nonemergent basis.

(B)Whether the provider of such services is part of a hospital-owned or sponsored program, municipality-sponsored program, hospital independent partnership (hybrid) program, independent program, or tribally operated program in Alaska.

(C)Whether the transport in which the services were furnished originated in a rural or urban area.

(D)The type of aircraft (such as rotor transport or fixed wing transport) used to furnish such services.

(E)Whether the provider of such services has a contract with the plan or issuer, as applicable, to furnish such services under the plan or coverage, respectively.

(2)Such other information regarding providers of air ambulance services as the Secretary may specify.

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section 106(d) of the No Surprises Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is section 106(d) of div. BB of Pub. L. 116–260, which is set out as a note under section 300gg–118 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

§1185l Air ambulance report requirements

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Title 29, §1185l

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