Bruce Japsen Senior Contributor Mar 12, 2020,09:00am
EST
Lyft renewed a
partnership with LogistiCare, which[+]
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The ride-sharing company Lyft, establishing a
long-term commitment to healthcare transportation, signed a multi-year deal
with Logisticare
Solutions, which coordinates non-emergency medical transportation
across the country.
LogistiCare is known for its business helping
state governments and commercial health insurance companies manage their
non-emergency medical transportation, coordinating everything from the
healthcare providers and drivers to social service agencies. Lyft first signed
a three-year deal with LogistCare in 2017 and executives said that arrangement
has been a success, facilitating “access to millions of rides” across 48 states
and the District of Columbia.
It’s the latest in a parade of new business announced this
year by Lyft and rival Uber to tap the growing business of
transporting patients to and from health facilities. The ride-share companies
are signing up hospitals, health insurers and other arrangements linking their
businesses more seamlessly to the U.S. healthcare system.
As health insurers move away from
fee-for-service medicine to value-based care and population health models that
make sure patients are getting quality care in the right place and at the right
time, ride-sharing companies say they can have a key role.
“This collaboration ensures millions of
Americans will get to their medical appointments in a dependable way, even the
most vulnerable who may not otherwise get the care they deserve,” Dan
Greenleaf, CEO at Providence Service Corporation, LogistiCare’s parent company.
“We appreciate the professionalism of drivers on the Lyft platform and couldn’t
be more pleased to have extended our relationship.”
The partnership enables patients to “request
on-demand and scheduled Lyft rides through LogistiCare in real-time,” the
companies said in a statement Thursday. Based on the first three years of the
relationship, Lyft executives say their client base has seen improved health
outcomes for patients.
“As an industry, we’re starting to recognize
the impact of transportation on overall health,” Lyft’s vice president of
healthcare, Megan Callahan, said.
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