National & federal NEMT news

Proposed, Approved or Effective? How to Read a NEMT Policy Announcement

An operator guide to separating announcements, source documents, effective dates and network implementation instructions.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Federal: the October 1 non-citizen eligibility cutoff is a rider-count event

Medicaid work requirements are in the outreach phase — trip volume is the exposure

HHS-OIG has NEMT payment audits in progress — records are the whole game

Modivcare installs new Personal Care CEO as post-bankruptcy rebuild continues