The authors of a new and first-of-its-kind study assessing the return on investment of Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) services summarize the study’s findings in a new Stat First Opinion piece. The study focused on NEMT to access to...
In a speech to the Commonwealth Club of California, CMS Administrator Seema Verma reinforced the importance of ensuring Medicare beneficiaries have access to transportation. In her speech, Verma said, “Transportation can be a barrier to care for our elderly and...
In response to the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s request to eliminate NEMT using State Plan Amendment (SPA) authority, MTAC sent a letter to CMS requesting confirmation that the mandatory benefit cannot be eliminated through a SPA. The complete letter can be viewed by...
In a recent Health Affairs blog essay, Marsha Simon and Eliot Fishman examine the potential impact a Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal would have on Medicaid beneficiary access to non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT). Read the full essay here.
The Medicaid Transportation Access Coalition founders have written a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar expressing MTAC’s concerns about a provision in the FY 19 budget that would undo longstanding regulations and potentially curtail...
Senate Finance Committee leaders solicited ideas from the general public on ways that the Medicare and Medicaid programs can be improved to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic. MTAC responded to the Committee’s request by describing the important role that...
