{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-1502","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-1502","heading":"Part definitions","body":"As used in this part:\n(1) \"Ambulance provider\" means a public or private ground-based ambulance service, other than an ambulance service based on federal property, that bills for transports and has a base of operations within this state;\n(2) \"Assessment\" means the medicaid ambulance provider assessment established by this part;\n(3) \"Bureau\" means the bureau of TennCare;\n(4) \"Medicaid transport\" means qualifying ground ambulance services approved by CMS, and consistent with services identified in 42 CFR 433.56 , and paid by medicaid, as recorded by the managed care organization under contract to the bureau;\n(5) \"Net operating revenue\" means all revenues, regardless of payer source, collected by ambulance providers for patient services excluding charity care or any other uncompensated patient services, in accordance with 42 CFR 433.68 ;\n(6) \"Office of emergency medical services\" means the office of emergency medical services within the department of health; and\n(7) \"Taxable transports\" means the total ground ambulance transports reported during the base period by a provider to the office of emergency medical services that qualify as a permissible service to impose a healthcare-related provider assessment pursuant to 42 CFR 433.56 .","path":["TN Code","Title 71","Chapter 5"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"3bbb924907dd0b5bf7d2e1b981d7b1870db56134fd864e4ee7354bf7896404a8","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-1501","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-1503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}