Ride-sharing company Lyft, today announced its plans to expand its collaboration with Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Institute, as well as work with LogistiCare to encompass certain Humana Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. CMS continues to update MA plan flexibility to allow for additional services that address holistic health, and one of the key social determinants of health is access to services and programs. Transportation is the key to unlocking that access, and Lyft is a cost-effective,
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Lyft Appoints First VP of Healthcare to Lead Expansion of Lyft’s Healthcare Business
Today, ridesharing company Lyft is announcing the appointment of their first VP of Healthcare, Megan Callahan, to double down on growth in the healthcare sector. Lyft healthcare rides have grown 3x over the last year, and Megan will lead the strategic direction and expansion of Lyft’s healthcare business. She brings more than two decades of experience from across the healthcare industry, serving most recently as Chief Strategy Officer at Change Healthcare, and as Senior Vice President of
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Seniors Can Now Dial 0 Through Their Jitterbug Phone for Lyft Rides Nationwide
By simply dialing "0," GreatCall customers can stay independent by scheduling Lyft rides with their Jitterbug phone without requiring a smartphone app GreatCall, today announced the nationwide availability of GreatCall Rides, a partnership with Lyft that addresses one of the top issues that seniors face: transportation. With GreatCall Rides, customers are able to stay independent by scheduling Lyft rides via a personal operator, without needing a smartphone or smartphone app.GreatCall Rides: How
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Lyft Partners with Luna Physical Therapists to Provide up to $500 in Travel Credits
Ridesharing company Lyft today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Luna, a Bay Area-based organization that's re-imagining the patient and physical therapist experience by providing state of the art, on-demand care to patients in need. This partnership enables physical therapists in urban areas to focus solely on patient care, at the patient’s home, by exclusively leveraging Lyft’s rideshare service.“Imagine a world where the physical therapist completes their patient visit, walks out
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Formativ Health Integrates with Lyft for Non Emergency Medical Transportation
Formativ Health, a technology-enabled health services company focused on transforming the patient-provider experience, today announced an integration partnership with ridesharing company Lyft for on-demand transportation to medical appointments for patients. According to a 2017 study by the American Hospital Association, nearly four million patients per year miss out on care, due to lack of available transportation options related to cost or geographic barriers. These missed appointments make it
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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Pilot Improved Patient No-Show Rates
Results of a 12 month non-emergency medical transportation pilot program reported a significant decline in patient no-shows and increased revenue for Hennepin Healthcare. During the yearlong pilot program, the internal medicine clinic located in downtown Minneapolis deployed Hitch Health’s proprietary, automated technology to offer Lyft rides via SMS rates to patients in need who had previously missed appointments.The software’s flexibility allows health systems to customize ride offers through
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Banner Health Partners with Lyft to Offer Ride Sharing for Patients Across Health System
Lyft Business, today announced a partnership with Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country to offer ride sharing for patients. Patients at Banner Health’s 28 hospitals, 46 urgent care sites and hundreds of centers, clinics and specialty care locations, will now be able to use Lyft to easily get to and from important medical appointments. In addition, Lyft and Banner will work toward creating innovative programs that could help increase access to health
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Lyft Expands Medical Transportation Options for Patients with Acuity Link Partnership
Ride sharing provider Lyft Business is announcing a new integration partnership with Acuity Link, a HIPAA-compliant dashboard, which automates the process of ordering all levels of Non-emergency medical transportation systems (NEMT). As part of the integration partnership, Acuity Link’s HIPAA-compliant NEMT logistic management dashboard will now support Lyft’s ride-hailing functionality. Benefits for Providers & Patients Patients being discharged from any health care provider who do not
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Blue Cross Expands Partnership with Lyft, Collabs with CVS & Walgreens to Send Patients to Pharmacies
In an effort to address the community effects of social determinants of health, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) today announced a first nationwide partnership with Lyft to ensure Americans are not missing vital health care appointments simply because they lack reliable transportation.This partnership exemplifies Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s (BCBS) commitment to bringing private and public entities together to improve community health in a manner that a health care organization
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Lyft Integrates with Allscripts EHR for Non Emergency Medical Transportation
Lyft Business is announcing a new integration partnership with EHR provider Allscripts. With Lyft-Allscripts integration, 45,000 physician practices, 180,000 physicians and 2,500 hospitals that use Allscripts EHR can easily request a Lyft for their patients. In addition, Lyft also announced its ambitious goal of eliminating transportation barriers to care. Today, 3.6 million Americans have transportation issues that prevent them from getting to or from a doctor’s appointment, and 25 percent of
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