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CONTACT: Claire Smith, (608)
266-1683
SECRETARY DENNIS G. SMITH RELEASES STATEMENT REGARDING NON-EMERGENCY
TRANSPORTATION FOR MEDICAID MEMBERS
MADISON—Department of Health Services Secretary Dennis G. Smith today
released a statement regarding LogistiCare’s decision to terminate its
contract for serving as the Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus transportation
manager and providing non-emergency medical transportation to members.
“Yesterday, LogistiCare notified us that it plans to terminate its
contracts with the Department of Health Services, effective in 90 days
on February 17, 2013,” said Secretary Smith. “As a result of receiving
this letter, the Department intends to rewrite and issue a new Request
for Proposal (RFP) for a non-emergency medical transportation manager,
with updated data, so we can secure a transportation manager who will be
able provide this important benefit to our members as soon as possible.
During the next 90 days, we will be working closely with LogistiCare
to continue providing this benefit to members. This announcement does
not affect the benefits that members are eligible for and they will
still receive the transportation they need to get to their medical
services. We are monitoring the performance standards and will take any
action necessary to ensure all members receive the timely transportation
they need.
This announcement is not an indicator that we will go back to the old
county-based system for providing members transportation to medical
appointments or that we will be changing our approach to providing
transportation to our members. We are committed to the transportation
manager model in here in Wisconsin. I am confident that this model will
work here in Wisconsin, as it has in other states.
We recognize that there were limitations to the original RFPs. The
Department had limited data to share regarding utilization of these
services and prospective bidders, including LogistiCare, did not have
all of the data needed to submit a reasonable estimate of the costs to
adequately staff to serve as the state’s non-emergency medical
transportation manager.
This situation will be corrected and we believe a new contract can be
secured that is both financially viable for a transportation manager and
will still achieve savings for the state.”
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Attachment: Notice of Termination of
Contract letter from LogistiCare
Attachment: LogistiCare Q&A for Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus members
Last Revised:
November 27, 2012
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