HB 2584 Summary

• Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) may receive funding from nonemergency medical transportation providers and other interested enterprises to pay for a rate reimbursement study, with any excess monies returned to the providers.

• AHCCCS must contract with an independent consulting firm to study the adequacy and appropriateness of Medicaid reimbursement rates for transportation network companies and nonemergency medical transportation brokers.

• The study shall examine costs associated with service delivery in both rural and urban areas, including programmatic, administrative, technology, and indirect costs.

• AHCCCS may require contracted providers and managed care organizations to submit financial data in the administration's prescribed format to assist in the study.

• The study must be completed within one calendar year of receiving sufficient funding, with results provided to the joint legislative budget committee for consideration in future reimbursement rate reviews.