MACPAC Review of Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Benefit
December, 2016
Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries are more likely to delay care because of transportation than people with private coverage (4% vs. 1% for kids).
December, 2016
Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries are more likely to delay care because of transportation than people with private coverage (4% vs. 1% for kids).
November, 2016
Interviewees reported that they believed addressing nonmedical needs would yield cost savings for their ACOs and improve patients’ health. However, the interviewees were unable to offer concrete data on the effectiveness of their efforts.
November, 2016
The nonmedical needs most commonly addressed by ACOs were the need for transportation and housing and food insecurity.
March, 2015
According to MACPAC, NEMT services are covered in 23 of 42 separate CHIP programs.
March, 2014
Because people on hemodialysis must receive treatment 2-3 times/week, reliable transportation is essential to ensure that hemodialysis patients have access to their treatment centers. According to the US Renal Data System, the majority of hemodialysis patients rely on others to transport them to and from the clinic, with 66.8% of patients being driven by others, […]