American Medical Response & Lyft Announce Innovative Transportation Partnership

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. – Two leading specialists in transportation services have joined forces to make it easier for hospitals, healthcare systems and managed care organizations to offer patients efficient transport services to and from hospital settings and medical appointments. American Medical Response (AMR), the nation’s largest provider of medical transportation, and on-demand transportation service Lyft announced a partnership to provide non-emergency medical transportation services for patients who need a ride from the hospital to their home or to outpatient procedures. This will include technology integration and expansion of the program into all 42 states that AMR operates within. The AMR and Lyft partnership supports AMR’s “One Call” service for healthcare systems’ integrated patient transport programs. Now, hospitals and caregivers can arrange any patient transport – from a non-emergency rideshare service to ambulance transport – with a single call or via an online portal.       AMR has partnered with Lyft in a unique, innovative program to manage patient transports to and from medical facilities and their homes “Our health plan and health system partners rely upon AMR and our Access2Care subsidiary to effectively manage the non-emergency transportation needs of their members. This partnership with Lyft provides an additional transport option for patients who require transportation, but do not need the services of an ambulanc...
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