42 CFR § 414.601 - Purpose.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s414.601"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 414.601 - Purpose."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "414.601"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "414"
part_name: "PAYMENT FOR PART B MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395hh, and 1395rr(b)(l)."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 23441, June 8, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "414"
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# 414.601 Purpose.
This subpart implements section 1834(l) of the Act by establishing a fee schedule for the payment of ambulance services. Section 1834(l) of the Act requires that, except for services furnished by certain critical access hospitals (see § 413.70(b)(5) of this chapter), payment for all ambulance services, otherwise previously payable on a reasonable charge basis or retrospective reasonable cost basis, be made under a fee schedule. Section 1834(l)(17) of the Act requires the development of a data collection system to collect cost, revenue, utilization, and other information determined appropriate from providers of services and suppliers of ground ambulance services.
[67 FR 9132, Feb. 27, 2002, as amended at 84 FR 63193, Nov. 15, 2019]