Non-emergency Medical Transportation

Uniquehands Non-emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Services provide professional transportation including broad range of transport and support services for those who are recovering from chronic illnesses, which are disabled, chronically or terminally ill, and need assistance with essential transportation. About 70% of those using NEMT services are age 65 and older, and/or disabled.

These populations with limited access to transportation can resort to dialing 911 for non-emergency medical transportation placing an undue burden on city and county emergency response systems. NEMT is the preferred form of medical transportation in non-emergency situations for transport and in situations in which family members are unavailable or cannot assist. The cost for NEMT services tends to be significantly lower than that for emergency transportation and is a more assistance than taxi service providers. Many healthcare providers including physicians and other healthcare facilities can use NEMT as a source of transport since it reduces the missed medical appointments, and provides safe-on time travel. A NEMT can offer many solutions to the growing challenges of treating chronic conditions by providing cost-effective solutions to manage transportation between patient and medical settings on an ongoing basis.

Uniquehands Nonemergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) provides consistent, efficient access to early intervention/preventive medical care for disadvantaged recipients who would otherwise have no means of accessing healthcare services. As a result, providing access to preventative treatment prior to escalating health care needs has proven to be a less costly and more effective means of keeping low income, elderly, and disabled recipients out of hospitals and nursing homes; allowing such a individuals to remain available members of the community and live healthier independent lives while lowering overall health care costs.