Editor’s note: This blog was first published on September 20, 2023, and updated on September 6, 2024 to incorporate recent updates and changes.

In today's fast-paced world, secure and reliable transportation is nothing short of a lifeline for caregivers, healthcare professionals, and non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) patients. Addressing this critical need head-on, Curb Health has emerged as a trailblazer in redefining the way healthcare providers and caregivers manage transportation for NEMT patients, ensuring unfaltering accessibility and streamlined organization for all.

As we near 2030, the global healthcare transportation services market is poised to exceed $136.86 billion, marking substantial growth from its 2020 valuation of $82 billion. The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the vital role of dependable transportation, especially for vulnerable populations. 

Regrettably, not all organizations have equal access to reliable healthcare transportation. There are several pressing challenges that caregivers, healthcare professionals, and NEMT patients grapple with:

Complex Coordination: Coordinating NEMT transportation can be a logistical puzzle, involving multiple trips and precise timing.

Dependability & Efficiency: Reliable transportation is paramount in healthcare to avoid missed appointments and ensure efficient care delivery.

Cost Management: Healthcare transportation expenses can spiral rapidly. Efficient transportation solutions are instrumental in managing costs, particularly for NEMT patients who may require frequent medical visits.
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Curb Health not only comprehends these challenges but also has the solutions:

HIPAA Compliance: We prioritize patient data security with full HIPAA compliance, guaranteeing confidentiality and integrity.

Organized Administration: Administrators oversee healthcare rides using a universal tool, offering real-time tracking, trip coordination, and transparent billing. Our platform simplifies complex journeys with multi-destination trip routing and ensures seamless communication through built-in chat integrations.

Faster Payouts: Curb Health's streamlined billing eases your workload and minimizes friction, resulting in reduced overhead costs. Experience a simplified cash flow: We handle the billing, and you receive next-day payments.
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Proven Success & Improved Patient Outcomes 
When patients lack access to transportation services, they miss out on medical care. Curb Health solves this problem and the success is evident in our track record. Our dynamic collaborations with Sentry have enabled us to effectively manage thousands of NEMT rides. Our steadfast partnership with Kinetik empowers us to broaden our service and offering horizons in the NEMT industry, granting us access to channel NEMT rides and demands to our fleet partners and transportation providers, including brokers like MAS and Modivcare.

Much like our consumer and corporate solutions, Curb Health collaborates directly with healthcare organizations, gaining insights into their unique challenges, and provides an intuitive, centralized dashboard or API to coordinate patient and staff rides efficiently.

The outcome is a vastly improved caregiver experience, streamlined administration, reduced healthcare expenditure, and, most significantly, enhanced patient outcomes.

Our mission is clear: simplify access to quality healthcare transportation. We're not just setting high standards; we're setting a compelling precedent for transportation operations and standards.
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Leveraging Curb Flow
Last year, we introduced Curb Flow to New York City, and have since expanded into several major markets. In fact, network traffic has grown 3.4x quarter over quarter since our launch.

This game-changing API is revolutionizing the ride-hailing industry by unifying third-party supply and demand into a single, cohesive network under Curb. We're excited to harness this powerful solution for Curb Health as well.

Eager to learn more? Visit gocurb.com/health and complete the form to embark on an enhanced healthcare transportation experience.