The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
002
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HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 1959)
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§ 1959. Ambulance agency assessment
(a)(1) The annual assessment for each ambulance agency shall be 3.3 percent of the ambulance
agency’s annual net patient revenues for services delivered to patients in Vermont
during the most recent annual fiscal period. As used in this section, “net patient
revenues” means the total amount of payments an ambulance agency received during the
fiscal period from Medicaid, Medicare, commercial insurance, and all other payers
as payment for services rendered. The term does not include municipal appropriations,
donations from any source, or any other funding unrelated to the delivery of health
care services.
(2) The Department shall determine the appropriate fiscal period as necessary to ensure
compliance with federal law.
(3) Ambulance agencies shall remit the assessment amount to the Department annually on
or before June 1.
(b) The Department shall provide written notification of the assessment amount to each
ambulance agency. The assessment amount determined shall be considered final unless
the agency requests reconsideration. Requests for reconsideration shall be subject
to the provisions of section 1958 of this title.
(c) Each ambulance agency shall remit its assessment to the Department according to a
schedule adopted by the Commissioner. The Commissioner may permit variations in the
schedule of payment as deemed necessary.
(d) Any ambulance agency that fails to make a payment to the Department on or before the
specified schedule, or under any schedule of delayed payments established by the Commissioner,
shall be assessed not more than $1,000.00. The Commissioner may waive the late-payment
assessment provided in this subsection for good cause shown by the ambulance agency. (Added 2015, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 30; amended 2017, No. 73, § 9, eff. June 13, 2017; 2017, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. June 1, 2018.)