In the 1920s Yenta was first popularized by the humorist Jacob Adler (not the actor Jacob P. Adler) writing under his pen name B. Kovner, in which he created the character Yenta, and featured Yenta in a Broadway play entitled Yenta Telebenta.
Covered entities include: health care clearing houses; health plans; and health care providers who transmit any health information electronically in connection with certain transactions. Although this definition can be somewhat difficult to apply, generally speaking, ambulance services are covered entities. However, most dispatchers, such as 911 dispatchers, are not because they do not engage in covered electronic transactions, such as directly billing insurers for services or transmitting healthcare enrollment information.
1 Non-emergency transportation will only be covered if the ambulance supplier obtains a physicianâs certification indicating that ambulance transportation is necessary because other means of transportation are medically contraindicated. 2  The transportation must be provided by a Medicare-certified provider. Other Important Points: Medicare does not cover wheelchair van transportation. Medicare usually does not pay for paramedic intercepts. Medicare will not pay for transportation from the patientâs home to the patientâs physician office. In a non-emergency situation, if the ambulance provider believes that the transport may be denied coverage by Medicare, the provider must issue an Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) to notify the benficiary of his/her potential financial responsibility for the transport.