In general, Medicare will not pay for non-emergency ambulance service unless the patient is unable to get out of bed without assistance and unable to walk, unable to sit in a chair or wheelchair, and/or that transportation by any other means would pose a hazard to the patient’s health. Medicare will not pay for ambulance transportation to a preferred hospital or facility that is not the nearest appropriate facility or for the convenience of the patient, the family or physician. Medicare does not pay for wheelchair, stretcher or gurney transportation.

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