Summary of Ambulance Cost Reports 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (1) Amb Inflation Factor 3.0% 2.3% 2.1% 3.0% 3.7% 2.5% 1.1% 2.1% 3.3% 4.3% 3.0% 2.7% 5.0% 0.0% 1.1% 2.4% Report Ambulance Cost Per Transport $ 411.67 (2) HCFA (98) (3) Project Hope (98) $ 373.00 $ 514.14 (4) GAO (04) $ 415.00 $ 496.63 (5) Hobbs,Ong (05) $ 562.00 Sources U.S. Dept of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Consumer Price Index-Urban," at Actual ambulance inflation update varies slightly from published CPI-U due to Congressional action and CMS policy. Health Care Financing Administration Ground Ambulance September 2000, Federal Register, (HCFA), “Hospital-based Costs,” Vol. 65, No. 177, September 12, 2000, page 55085. Project from the 1999 National Survey of Ambulance Hope, “Findings Providers,” March 2000. U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), "Ambulance Providers: Costs and Expected Medicare Margins Vary Greatly," Report to Congressional Committees, GAO-07-383, May 2007. Hobbs, Ong & Associates, Inc. (HO), "Industry Performance Survey," California Ambulance Association, September 2006.
Summary of Ambulance Cost Reports 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (1) Amb Inflation Factor 3.0% 2.3% 2.1% 3.0% 3.7% 2.5% 1.1% 2.1% 3.3% 4.3% 3.0% 2.7% 5.0% 0.0% 1.1% 2.4% Report Ambulance Cost Per Transport (2) HCFA (98) $ 411.67 (3) Project Hope (98) $ 373.00 (4) GAO (04) $ 415.00 $ 496.63 $ 514.14 (5) Hobbs,Ong (05) $ 562.00 Sources U.S. Dept of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Consumer Price Index-Urban," at Actual ambulance inflation update varies slightly from published CPI-U due to Congressional action and CMS policy. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), “Hospital-based Ground Ambulance Costs,” September 2000, Federal Register, Vol. 65, No. 177, September 12, 2000, page 55085. Project Hope, “Findings from the 1999 National Survey of Ambulance Providers,” March 2000. U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), "Ambulance Providers: Costs and Expected Medicare Margins Vary Greatly," Report to Congressional Committees, GAO-07-383, May 2007. Hobbs, Ong & Associates, Inc. (HO), "Industry Performance Survey," California Ambulance Association, September 2006.
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