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.
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.
