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Colorado NEMT news

What NEMT Wire has reported about Colorado — broker contracts, rates, enforcement and compliance — newest first. Items from the weekly brief link straight to the relevant section.

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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.

Sep 15, 2026
Contracts & Brokers

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.

Sep 15, 2026
Contracts & Brokers

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.

Sep 15, 2026
Compliance & Risk

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.

Sep 15, 2026

From The Wire

Revalidation: the off-cycle wave CMS ordered in April hits Texas, Montana and Illinois — with unannounced site visits attached

Watch list: Colorado at 60 days, Michigan bids closed, CRUSH still at OMB, DC, Wisconsin, CMTA Friday

Colorado: the October bulletin spells out January 1 — no MediDrive approval, no payment — and a trading-partner deadline hits Friday

Oct 26, 2026 • The Wire — Week of October 26, 2026, item 2

Watch list: Colorado, Michigan, Wisconsin, Maryland

Oct 19, 2026 • The Wire — Week of October 19, 2026, item 8

Colorado: new-provider enrollment is open, the toolkit is out, and the hub now reads "September 20"

Oct 5, 2026 • The Wire — Week of October 5, 2026, item 2

Colorado: the enrollment door opens Thursday — and HCPF says don't enroll with MediDrive until credentialing is done

Colorado providers scale back as July rate cuts bite — with the statewide broker handoff 100 days out

Colorado countdown: enrollment moratorium ends Sept. 30, new providers can enroll Oct. 1

Colorado: statewide webinar held, new-provider enrollment opens Oct. 1

Federal & national — applies in Colorado too

Federal: the CMS fraud rule that names NEMT is at the White House — and CMS wants to rebuild its fraud contractors by November 4

Oct 26, 2026

Operations: MediRoutes moves dispatch into the browser, a week after shipping trip-history ETAs

Oct 26, 2026

Rideshare: Uber says more than half of states have approved it for Medicaid rides

Oct 26, 2026

Federal: a House bill would make electronic trip verification a Medicaid requirement for NEMT starting January 1, 2027

Oct 19, 2026

Ohio: GPS trip verification is now state law for Medicaid NEMT — effective October 6, full compliance due within 18 months

Oct 19, 2026

New York: an op-ed argues fraud enforcement should come with tech mandates — and an insurance fix

Oct 5, 2026

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