Federal Transit Administration Funding and Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Millions of Americans, particularly those requiring regular access to medical services, such as older adults or people with disabilities, rely on NEMT. A lack of access to NEMT can result in delayed care and poorer health outcomes. This webpage serves to consolidate information about using Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding for NEMT.
Source: National Rural Transit Assistance Program Photo Gallery
NEMT State-by-State Profiles
State-by-State Profiles for the Research and Update: NEMT and Public Transportation project is a document that presents a non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) profile for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The set of profiles provides information for each state in the following sequence:
- NEMT model.
- Map of the state and the corresponding Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) region
- General description of the state’s Medicaid structure and NEMT model
- Medicaid recipient NEMT protocol and requirements to access transportation
- Transportation provider information and requirements in the provision of NEMT
- Public transit’s role in the provision of NEMT
- Profile date
TransitRx: A Prescription for Medicaid Non-Emergency Management Transportation
Six NEMT Public Transit Solutions
From volunteer driver programs to fund braiding, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and RLS and Associates, Inc have compiled six examples of public transit and NEMT coming together.
