2023 Tennessee Code
Title 71 - WELFARE (§§ 71-1-101 — 71-7-103)
Chapter 5 - PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR POOR PERSONS (§§ 71-5-NEW — 71-5-2604)
Part 15 - GROUND AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDER ASSESSMENT ACT (§§ 71-5-1501 — 71-5-1510)
Section 71-5-1507 - Annual cost and utilization report

• (a) For the purposes of this part, all ambulance providers shall file an annual cost and utilization report reflecting the most recently completed calendar year.

• (b) The submitted cost and utilization report must include:
  • (1) Specified data on any vehicle owned or operated by the ambulance provider that is used for the purposes of patient transport;
  • (2) Total number of manual ambulance stretchers;
  • (3) Total number of hydraulic ambulance stretchers;
  • (4) Information regarding twelve-lead cardiac capabilities;
  • (5) Revenue data by payer type;
  • (6) Total transport data by payer type; and
  • (7) Any additional information that is required by the bureau.

• (c) The cost and utilization report must be filed with the bureau no later than May 31 of each calendar year and must contain data from the previous calendar year. The bureau shall assess a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day that an ambulance provider does not submit a cost and utilization report in compliance with this section. However, the bureau may waive, in whole or in part, any penalty upon a determination that there is good cause for the waiver. The penalty imposed by this section supersedes any penalty imposed under § 12-4-304.

• (d) The comptroller of the treasury is granted audit authority to test the accuracy of any and all cost and utilization reports submitted to the bureau for the purposes of this assessment.

Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1052, Sec.s4, eff. 5/25/2022 and s 8 eff. 7/1/2022.

Added by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 643, s 4, eff. 4/1/2020.