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Medicaid NEMT brief: brokers, regions and rising costs; committee asks for PMPM detail
Summary
The Department of Community Health explained Georgia’s Medicaid nonemergency medical transportation (NEMT) broker model, regional coverage, volunteer‑driver rules and FY‑to‑FY trip volumes and payments. Representatives asked for more granular PMPM and regional counts to evaluate costs and access in rural areas.
The House Study Committee received a technical briefing on Medicaid nonemergency medical transportation (NEMT) and the broker model used in Georgia.
"NEMT is the program that provides medically necessary transportation for eligible Medicaid members who have no other means of transportation available," James Peoples, Director of Provider Services at the Department of Community Health, told the committee. DCH divides the state into five NEMT regions and contracts with brokers…
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