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Right now, Congress is considering legislation that directly impacts the future of emergency medical services in communities like ours.

 

On March 18, 2025, Representatives Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Mike Carey (R-OH), Danny Davis (D-IL), Carol Miller (R-WV), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) introduced the Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act (H.R. 2232). This bill would extend the temporary Medicare ambulance add-on payments—2% for urban, 3% for rural, and 22.6% for super-rural—through January 1, 2028.

On May 8, 2025, Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Susan Collins (R-ME), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced Senate Bill 1643, which would extend the add-on payments through December 31, 2027 and increase them starting October 1, 2025, to 3.4% for urban, 4.3% for rural, and 26.7% for super-rural areas. Senators Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) joined as original cosponsors.

These Medicare add-on payments are scheduled to expire September 30, 2025. Without Congressional action, ambulance services nationwide—including EmergyCare—will face significant Medicare funding cuts. This would create extreme financial hardship and threaten timely access to lifesaving EMS in our communities.

How You Can Help

We are asking our community to join us in this urgent effort:

Contact your Members of Congress and urge them to cosponsor H.R. 2232 and S. 1643.

Use this LINK to send your message in just one minute. Share this request with friends, family, and colleagues to amplify our collective voice.

Now, more than ever, we must speak together to protect the future of mobile healthcare. Your support can ensure that EmergyCare and EMS providers nationwide remain strong and ready—24/7—when you need us most.

 

EMS Workforce Shortage Bill

  • Background: The EMS system faces a critical shortage of personnel, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Action Needed: The Preserve Access to Rapid Ambulance Emergency Medical Treatment Act (PARA-EMT Act, H.R. 2220), introduced on March 18, 2025, proposes $50 million in funding for a grant program to recruit and train paramedics and EMTs, ease transitions for veterans into EMS roles, and conduct a study on the workforce shortage.

  • Call to Action: Ask Your Representative to cosponsor this bill to help address the EMS staffing crisis.   CLICK HERE