The Wire — Week of September 14, 2026
Oregon convicts two NEMT owners for billing rides given to the dead, Colorado hits two more transition milestones, Wisconsin stays dateless, Modivcare reshuffles, and Louisiana’s ARPA money runs out.
Who Runs Medicaid NEMT in Your State? The 2026 Broker Map
Brokers, non-broker states, regional models and managed-care carve-ins — the contracting landscape every operator has to navigate, in one reference.
The Wire
Contracts & Brokers
After Modivcare’s Chapter 11: A Broker Market Consolidating Fast
The largest broker restructured, MTM absorbed Access2Care, Verida swept Georgia. What consolidation means for the operators underneath.
Colorado Opens Statewide NEMT Provider Contracting Ahead of MediDrive Transition
Provider contracting began September 1. The statewide broker model arrives January 1, 2027 — operators who wait will be out of network on day one.
How Medicaid NEMT Contracting Actually Works
Broker networks, managed-care carve-ins, fee-for-service, county rides: the four ways an operator gets paid, and how to break into each.
Rates & Policy
Louisiana’s ARPA NEMT Program Ends September 30
The pandemic-era supplemental program sunsets this month; final provider payments issue October 31.
Compliance & Risk
California Has No NEMT Broker — Here’s How Medi-Cal Transportation Actually Gets Contracted
No Modivcare, no MTM statewide: Medi-Cal routes NEMT through managed-care plans and PAVE enrollment. The path, step by step.
The Insurance Paperwork That Decides Whether You Get Broker Work
Auto liability limits, certificates, additional-insured wording, workers’ comp: what brokers actually check before you carry a single trip.
Data
Data: What Workers’-Comp Ratings Say About California Passenger-Transport Operators
NEMT Wire analysis of 13 months of WCIRB experience-rating publications for class 7382 — median mods, the county spread, and a warning in the year-over-year numbers.