
How to position patient transportation as an organizational priority
About 5.8 million Americans miss or delay their healthcare because they don’t have a ride. It’s time to turn patient transportation from an organizational burden to an asset.
About 5.8 million Americans miss or delay their healthcare because they don’t have a ride. It’s time to turn patient transportation from an organizational burden to an asset.
The health insurance startup and transportation service company are joining forces to offer Medicare Advantage members access to non-emergency medical transportation. With transportation being a key social determinant of health, Clover Health and Roundtrip are aiming to improve member experience and outcomes through the partnership.
The Philadelphia-based startup plans to use the funding to boost its software capabilities and add employees to its sales, engineering and account management teams.
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.
Non-emergency medical transportation service startup Roundtrip recently closed a $1.9 million seed round and has begun collaborating with paratransit providers in Richmond and beyond to make their services more efficient.
The deal was the latest in what has been a hive of activity in the medical transportation realm in the past couple of years.
Leasing allows healthcare facilities more freedom to acquire up-to-date medical equipment without the need for immediate capital investment, opening doors for smaller and newer enterprises.