Transportation resources for EPSDT

Washington State Health Care Authority sent this bulletin at 05/05/2025 10:00 AM PDT

May 5, 2025

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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation resources

The Health Care Authority (HCA) has published new Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) resources on the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment webpage for providers.

Resources include:

Nonemergency medical transportation (NEMT) contracted brokers

This includes contact information for HCA contracted NEMT transportation brokers

NEMT broker map

This shows HCA contracted NEMT transportation brokers by region with links to their websites.

NEMT HIPAA business associates

This explains the allowance for sharing information with NEMT transportation brokers under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as designated Business Associates.

Visit the EPSDT webpage

What is NEMT?

NEMT is available to Apple Health (Medicaid) clients who have no other transportation resources available to them and are accessing medically necessary services.

Visit HCA's transportation services (nonemergency) webpage to learn more about the program background, mission, and additional resources.

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