How To Become a Transportaion Provider for Medicaid

How To Become a Transportaion Provider for Medicaid

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Medicaid is a health program by the Federal government and the States to provide health insurance for low-income families. A vast majority of Medicaid recipients are the elderly and disabled, often, they do not have the means to get to doctor’s offices and clinics, physical therapy sessions or routine check-ups. Since the primary goal of Medicaid is for these medically-needy people to gain access to health care, the Federal government has allowed states to organize for non-emergency medical transportation for those who need it.

Non-emergency medical transportation refers to the transport of persons, usually the elderly and the disabled, who are not in a critical or emergency situation to and from their medical appointments. Vehicles used for this kind of transportation business would typically need to be equipped to transport persons in wheelchairs, stretchers and also accommodate ambulatory people – those who can move and walk about albeit slowly, using canes and walkers.

Each state has been given much flexibility with arranging transportation for Medicaid beneficiaries – there are states that depend on public transportation such as buses, taxis, subways and even volunteers, since they are mandated to balance their spending on Medicaid transportation assistance.