---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 414.601"
title: "42"
number: "414.601"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/414.601"
---

# §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)](/cfr/42/413.70.md?p=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.


## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 9132, Feb. 27, 2002, as amended at 84 FR 63193, Nov. 15, 2019]

### Source

Source: 67 FR 9132, Feb. 27, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395hh, and 1395rr(b)(l).

### Source

Source: 55 FR 23441, June 8, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 9132, Feb. 27, 2002, as amended at 84 FR 63193, Nov. 15, 2019]