August, 2018
One study demonstrated that Medicaid saves more than $40 million per month by providing transportation for 30,000 patients to attend regular dialysis treatments and diabetic wound care treatments versus not providing the benefit.
July, 2018
Recently, Lyft and Hitch Health (a technology company specializing in integrating health records with ride hailing platforms) released findings of a year-long pilot program conducted at a health clinic in Minneapolis, where Hitch Health’s automated short message service (text) technology offered Lyft trips to patients needing a ride. At this specific clinic, the cost to […]
June, 2018
Drawing on research by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, the Stephen Group said in a report prepared for the Arkansas Health Reform Task Force that if access to NEMT services saved only one hospitalization in 100 trips, the return on investment (ROI) would be 10 to 1.
June, 2018
A study produced by HealthConnections, a program from WellCare Health Plans, found that in a given year, patients who had their social service needs met could reduce spending by the health care industry by 11 percent.
May, 2018
In looking at two years of data — one year before the referral [to an unmet social need] and one year after the referral — the study found an additional 10 percent reduction in health care costs for those who were successfully connected to social services, equating to more than $2,400 per person per year […]