Ground Ambulance Industry Trends, 2017–2022

This report includes descriptive analyses of ground ambulance trends from 2017 to 2022, an assessment of which organizational characteristics are associated with organizations' entry into or exit from the Medicare program, and an examination of the change in Traditional Medicare ground ambulance transport (hereafter “transport”) volume in local markets (in our study, a county) after an organization enters or exits the market. These analyses provide context on changes in the types of organizations that bill Traditional Medicare for transports and investigate the implications of changes in ground ambulance market structure on Medicare enrollees.