Jun 20, 2019
The Medical Transportation Access Coalition (MTAC) applauded the House of Representatives for recently passing a package of Fiscal Year 2020 spending bills that includes a prohibition on using any federal funding in FY 20 to publish regulations that would limit...
May 10, 2019
As transportation plays an increasing role in addressing barriers to care, MTAC has launched a first-of-its-kind research compendium of NEMT-specific research. The Research Hub includes over 100 research findings on topics ranging from NEMT’s role in reducing hospital...
Jul 30, 2018
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...
Jul 25, 2018
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...
Jul 20, 2018
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...
Jul 16, 2018
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.
