IAIABC Urges Advisory Group to Suggest Legislation Allowing Air Ambulance Fee Schedules

The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions is urging a federal advisory panel to propose legislation that would allow states to limit how much air ambulance companies can charge for transporting injured workers. IAIABC President Evelyn McGill, in a Tuesday letter to the Air Ambulance and Patient Billing Advisory Committee, wrote that air ambulance services play a valuable role in the transportation of injured workers. States don’t want to stifle competition by adopting a single rate for air ambulance services, McGill wrote, but they would l...