February, 2017
Consistent with previous studies, results indicate that older age and the need for accompaniment from personal care assistants were more common among participants picked-up in rural areas. Alternatively, wheel chair services and NEMT for purposes other than dialysis were less common among individuals picked-up from rural locations. For example, as previously documented, individuals transported for […]
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Matthew Lee Smith, Thomas R. Prohaska, Kara E. MacLeod, Marcia G. Ory, Amy R. Eisenstein, David R. Tagland, Cheryl Irmiter, Samuel D. Towne Jr., and William A. Satariano
February, 2017
NEMT for substance use treatment was less common for the rural patients in this study. Substance use problems are not confined to urban areas; however, additional barriers in accessing treatment may exist. The percent of hospitals that offer substance use treatment services is lower in rural areas (11% vs. 27% in urban areas) and there […]
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Matthew Lee Smith, Thomas R. Prohaska, Kara E. MacLeod, Marcia G. Ory, Amy R. Eisenstein, David R. Tagland, Cheryl Irmiter, Samuel D. Towne Jr., and William A. Satariano
December, 2016
For both IN (which uses a mix of FFS and managed care) and VT (managed care-like model), the population of users was similar: most are disabled or aged (53 percent in IN; 67 percent in VT); less than 5 percent were children; and behavioral health-related diagnoses were among most common diagnosis codes on claims for […]
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Kirstin Blom, MACPAC
March, 2014
Only about 5.5% of the currently uninsured who are eligible for Medicaid under expansion report having seen a mental health professional in the last year. However, according to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, over 60% of adults with a diagnosable behavioral health disorder and 70 percent of children in need of treatment […]
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MJS & Company (citing Kaiser Commission on the Uninsured, "Mental Health Financing in the United States: A Primer," April 2011)
March, 2014
Since the majority of NEMT rides are for individuals who require transportation to behavioral health services, SUD treatment, or dialysis, the majority of NEMT rides are to transport chronically ill beneficiaries requiring a more robust, specialized transportation benefit to more intensive and recurring treatments and services. The dominance of the chronically ill as NEMT users […]
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MJS & Company
