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New State Law Says EMS Providers Can Receive More Reimbursement from Medicaid

By Davis Hovey | June 21, 2018

Nome's Public Safety Building in April 2014, where the Nome Volunteer Ambulance Department is currently housed. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM file.

Yesterday, Governor Bill Walker signed House Bill 176 into law, which allows EMS providers to seek supplemental reimbursement from the Medicaid program. Currently, EMS providers around the state only receive payment for 30% of their costs when transporting patients eligible for Medicaid.

Unnamed NSHC Medical Provider Under Investigation Led by State Medical Board

By Davis Hovey | June 14, 2017 |

Nome's Norton Sound Regional Hospital. Photo: Margaret DeMaioribus/KNOM (2016)

According to a Norton Sound Health Corporation press release, the NSHC Board of Directors supported the Administration’s decision to “no longer contract with the provider, thereby ending years of over-prescribing narcotics to a group of NSHC patients.”