Research Letter

Air Ambulance Contracting and Reimbursement and the No Surprises Act

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.6183

April 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cross-sectional study assesses trends in air ambulance service network status composition, in-network negotiated prices, and out-of-network allowed amounts prior to and in the first year of implementation of the federal No Surprises Act.

Corresponding Author: Erin Duffy, PhD, MPH, Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy eld_805@usc.edu).

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