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County transit providers and commissioners told Medicaid wheelchair trips are not being routed through JFS; senior levy paying some costs
Summary
A transportation provider raised concerns at the commissioners' meeting that Trumbull County Jobs and Family Services is not arranging Medicaid-paid wheelchair transports, causing some trips to be paid instead from the county senior services levy; commissioners asked for a follow-up meeting with Jobs and Family Services and transit administrators.
A local nonemergency transportation provider told the commissioners that Medicaid-funded wheelchair transportation trips are not being routed through Trumbull County Jobs and Family Services (JFS), and that as a result some wheelchair trips are being charged to the county senior-services levy.
Why it matters: The provider said other counties coordinate wheelchair Medicaid trips through JFS or managed-care arrangements and bill Medicaid…
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