Navigating Transportation Obligations in Skilled Nursing Facilities:
Legal and Regulatory Compliance for Medicare and Medicaid
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
10:30 am – 11:30 am
VIRTUAL
Seminar Description:
Skilled nursing facilities struggle with the cost of transportation for Medicare and Medicaid residents. This seminar will address the legal requirements for SNFs to provide and pay the cost of transportation for Medicare, Medicaid and managed care payers. We will outline the critical difference between covered ambulance transportation versus other forms of transportation. In addition, we will address the Medicare and Medicaid regulatory requirements incumbent upon the SNF in offering, billing and collecting payment for various types of transportation.
Objectives:
Attendees will learn:
•What is considered covered ambulance transportation vs. routine transportation
•What person or entity is responsible for paying for each type of transportation
•What type of agreement or contracts should the SNF have in place
•What transportation is bundled to the SNF under SNF consolidated billing.
Presenters:
•Mark Reagan, Managing Shareholder, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC
•Bill Ulrich, President of Consolidated Billing Services
•Bill Bogdanovich, President/CEO, Broad Reach Healthcare
Target Audiences: Administrators, Chief Financial Officers, Reimbursement Directors, Directors of Nursing, Corporate Compliance staff, and Billing Staff
Fees: (Must be paid in full prior to attending seminar)
$70 per person - Mass Senior Care Members
$140 per person - Non-Members
CEUs: 1.0
The Massachusetts Senior Care Association has qualified for “deemed status #NH-09015-007” from the Board of Registration of Nursing Home Administrators for Administrators. This program also meets continuing education requirements for Nurses in Massachusetts. All paid attendees will receive a certificate of attendance.
Cancellation Policy:
Mass Senior Care must be notified in writing no later than 48 hours prior to the start of the seminar for a refund, minus a $25 processing fee, which will be refunded in the manner in which the payment was made. “No Show” attendees will be billed at the full registration fee. Cancellations should be emailed to info@maseniorcare.org.