CommonSpirit leans on Lyft, LogistiCare for rideshare pilot
The health system has seen double-digit savings so far and its leaders are also hoping to figure out new ways to incorporate ridesharing.
The health system has seen double-digit savings so far and its leaders are also hoping to figure out new ways to incorporate ridesharing.
The move was driven in part by a CMS decision to open reimbursement channels for Medicare Advantage plans looking to innovate with supplemental benefits that can promote health outside of the clinical care setting.
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
LogistiCare is a broker of NEMT services and a subsidiary of The Providence Service Corporation, which made an investment in Circulation last year.
Uber has launched Uber Health, a service that allows healthcare organizations to order rides for patients to get to and from appointments. The offering is HIPAA compliant, and patients don't need the Uber app or a smartphone to utilize it.
Circulation's deal with Lyft is the latest in a series of healthcare deals the rideshare business has inked to provide Non Emergency Medical Transportation to healthcare organizations to ensure patients without access to transport arrive at their medical appointments.
Circulation, a Boston-based startup focused on the non-emergency medical transportation space, said it has raised $10.5 million from investors such as Boston Children's Hospital, Humana and Intermountain Healthcare Innovation Fund.
Mobile and digital health technologies have become so popular that they are almost ubiquitous, but it is easy to forget that these are still relatively new fields in terms of clinical effectiveness, a new literature review shows.