The United New York Ambulance Network (UNYAN) represents proprietary ambulance transportation services across New York State. Comprised of 40 commercial ambulance providers, UNYAN's members employ nearly 5,000 New Yorkers and provide emergency medical care and transportation service to over 14 million people in urban, suburban, and rural areas throughout New York.

Final Priorities

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• 2002

Medicaid Rate Reform

A6674 (Gottfried) will bring real reform to the Medicaid ambulance reimbursement program and reimburse providers in accordance with a fair and equitable statewide fee schedule rather than the current county-by-county approach.  This bill would institute the Medicare Fee Schedule as the basis for ambulance reimbursements for Medicaid. This has been and will continue to be our top priority.  We have proposed a number of possible cost saving initiatives to the DOH Medicaid office which may, to a large part, minimize the financial impact of such a reimbursement change to the State.

HIV Testing for Occupational Exposures

S3293 (Duane) would facilitate authorization for discrete HIV testing of unconscious or deceased patients in the unfortunate incidence of certain exposure of emergency service workers in the line of duty. When an accidental exposure occurs, time is of the essence to determine if HIV transmission is a legitimate concern and anti-viral treatment is immediately necessary.

Move Over Act

There are several pieces of legislation which would accomplish the end goal of safety of emergency service workers on the roadways. These bills would require drivers, whenever possible, to change lanes or slow down when approaching an emergency vehicles on the side of the road.

Homeland Security