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On July 1, 2026, Colorado moves its metro NEMT program to a single statewide broker, MediDrive, and a 2% Medicaid rate cut takes effect the same day.

Founded in 1989 in Cleveland, Provide A Ride is an Ohio NEMT broker that manages the Medicaid transportation benefit for more than 130,000 members statewide. The company says it serves more Medicaid members than all other Ohio managed care brokers combined. This guide covers how to become a Provide A Ride NEMT provider, what the application looks like, and what to expect once you're in the network.

Short answer: Original Medicare pays for medically necessary ambulance trips, and little beyond that. Routine non-emergency rides are covered only through some Medicare Advantage plans, and that pool is shrinking faster than most people realize.

Ride Health is a New York-based NEMT broker and technology platform that coordinates non-emergency medical transportation across a 50-state network of partner providers. Founded in 2016, it works with health plans, hospitals, and Medicaid programs to manage transportation benefits at scale. This guide covers how to become a Ride Health NEMT provider, the application process, and what to expect once you're in the network.

NEMT software pricing ranges from $50 per vehicle per month on transparent month-to-month plans and can go as high as $250 on tiered or enterprise platforms. The headline number rarely tells the full story. What you pay depends on the pricing model, which features sit inside the base fee, and which get billed as add-ons. This guide breaks down the five pricing models you'll see in the market, the factors that move the bill up or down, and how to evaluate a quote so the cost matches how your operation actually runs.

The Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) is a Massachusetts Regional Transit Authority that has contracted private vendors to deliver non-emergency medical transportation across 30 southeastern Massachusetts communities since 1976. This guide covers how to join the GATRA NEMT network, the application process, and what to expect once you're in.

Running NEMT from a phone calendar works for a fleet of three. Past that, NEMT scheduling software has to track trips, drivers, vehicles, broker authorizations, and HIPAA at once. Here's where calendars break and what real software does instead.

Verida (formerly Southeastrans) is a minority-owned NEMT broker managing Medicaid transportation across six states for more than 3 million covered individuals. This guide covers what it takes to become a Verida transportation provider, what the application process looks like, and what to expect once you're in.

The NEMT market is projected to grow from $12.77 billion in 2026 to nearly $19 billion by 2031. The demographic demand is locked in, the compliance bar is rising, and brokers are consolidating. For operators who understand what's shifting, each of those trends is an opening.

American Logistics has coordinated NEMT for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage health plans since 1999, operating in all 50 states. This guide covers how to join the network, what the application requires, and what to expect once you're in.

Autonomous vehicles are operating commercially in several U.S. cities, yet non-emergency medical transportation remains human-driven. This article examines where AVs already work, why NEMT presents different operational and liability challenges, and what would need to change before autonomous vehicles could play a larger role in medical transportation.

Alivi Health is an NEMT broker operating across 18 states, managing transportation benefits for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage members. This guide covers how to become an Alivi NEMT provider, what the application process looks like, and what to expect once you're in the network.