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VTrans official describes "braided" model for nonemergency medical transport
Summary
At a Senate Transportation committee meeting, Ross McDonald of VTrans outlined Vermont’s long‑standing "braided" model that combines multiple demand‑response programs — including Medicaid NEMT — into a shared scheduling, vehicle and call‑center system to secure efficiencies and prioritize Medicaid trips.
Ross McDonald, a presenter for VTrans, told the Senate Transportation committee the state’s long‑standing braided model for demand‑response services combines multiple programs into a single operating system to reduce duplication and lower per‑trip costs.
McDonald said the braided approach merges programs that serve older adults and people with disabilities, recovery and job access services, and the Medicaid nonemergency medical transportation (NEMT) program into a regional “clearing house” that uses the same call center, scheduling software,…
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