Transit Agency Participation in Medicaid Transportation Programs (2006) / Chapter Skim
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In the almost 30 years since that initial study, coordination has been and continues to be important to the well being of many rural transit agencies, whereas urban transit agencies have typically eschewed coordination of paratransit as an unnecessary complication to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) service that is already difficult to operate (a view expressed by many of the ADA paratransit managers interviewed, including San Antonio, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; Austin, Texas; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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This synthesis examines how a public transit–NEMT partnership can be successful and under what types of circumstances. The purpose of this synthesis is to report on the real and perceived barriers to NEMT and public transit coordination and develop case studies of Medicaid transportation program participation by transit agencies.
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It should be noted that coordination is not the goal of transit agencies, but is a tool that can be used to achieve the true goals of providing more rides of greater quality, costeffectiveness, and safety. Furthermore, coordination is not always the best solution to meeting these goals.
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