On October 18, 2012, the Wisconsin Senate's Committee on Health, Revenue, Tax Fairness and
Insurance held an information hearing session to listen to questions and concerns about LogistiCare's privatized brokerage of non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT). Don't be mislead by the administration, legislators that refuse to provide basic oversight, LogistiCare, or media reports --
the problems are much deeper and more systematic than inadequate phone
support. LogistiCare's failures are not do to a shortage of transit
providers -- under the old system, there were plenty.
The problem is that LogistiCare is being paid at least $38 million -- a fee for each and every qualified member whether or not those members actually need transit services. LogistiCare's business model appears to be based on denying transportation -- even when those members need the ride to maintain their health and lives.
LogistiCare gets paid whether or not it provides any service and has anointed itself, in violation of state and federal laws, the only party which can receive complaints. We have posted all written testimony provided the Senate's Committee on Health, Revenue, Tax Fairness and Insurance -- (33 pgs .pdf) and Carrie Porter's written statements (page 2 of which is omitted from the written testimony link above).
Below are sources and resources do document the facts and issues in this video report -- please look into this massive privatization failure yourself, but more importantly, talk to people about it, including your legislatures -- demand an independent and complete audit of LogistiCare.
The problem is that LogistiCare is being paid at least $38 million -- a fee for each and every qualified member whether or not those members actually need transit services. LogistiCare's business model appears to be based on denying transportation -- even when those members need the ride to maintain their health and lives.
LogistiCare gets paid whether or not it provides any service and has anointed itself, in violation of state and federal laws, the only party which can receive complaints. We have posted all written testimony provided the Senate's Committee on Health, Revenue, Tax Fairness and Insurance -- (33 pgs .pdf) and Carrie Porter's written statements (page 2 of which is omitted from the written testimony link above).
Below are sources and resources do document the facts and issues in this video report -- please look into this massive privatization failure yourself, but more importantly, talk to people about it, including your legislatures -- demand an independent and complete audit of LogistiCare.
- Ask Your Legislator to Take Action on LogistiCare
- Audit LogistiCare: This Privatization Fail Kills (VOICES report)
- Attention Logisticare Transpass Customers: Do you live in Philadelphia? Are you having problems picking up your daily or monthly Septa transpass from Logisticare? (flyer, .pdf)
- Badger Cab severs LogistiCare contract
- Brooklyn NEMT Companies Join Together Against LogistiCare Brokerage
- Complaints prompt informational hearing on LogistiCare
- Complaints spike for LogistiCare transit service
- County reports chronic complaints with privatized service
- Disabled Riders Weary of Waiting
- Does Logisticare Care?
- Hattiesburg resident seeks investigation against LogistiCare
- How to Privatize
- Important Information About Transpass and Logisticare from Community Legal Services
- Kansas City Woman, St. Louis Man Indicted for Medicaid Kickbacks
- KCTV5 Investigates: Transport troubles
- Legislators, disability groups demand action against LogistiCare
- Letter Requesting Audit to Address Concerns about LogistiCare
- LogistiCare FAIL: It's Not Just Wisconsin (VOICES report)
- LogistiCare: "I Feel Like They are Trying to Kill Me!" Man Passes Away -- Service Failure? (VOICES report)
- LogistiCare is Breaking the Law in Wisconsin: More Walker "Divide and Conquer"? (VOICES report)
- Logisticare Medical Transportation Problems?
- LogistiCare official answers critics
- Logisticare or LogisticSCARE! "I Feel Like They're Trying to Kill Me!" (VOICES report)
- LogistiCare: Preliminary Study indicates FAIL (VOICES report)
- [The] Logisticare Project on Facebook
- LogistiCare reducing wait times, but transit complaints persist
- Logisticare: Report from the Field by Ashley Nedeau-Owen (VOICES report)
- LogistiCare Run NEMT Brokerage in Michigan Draws Complaints
- Logisticare Solutions: Follow The Money
- LogistiCare Solutions, LLC Illegal Operations, Unethical Business Practices, Contract Manipulation, Scam Artists!! and Fraudsters!! Edison, New Jersey
- Logisticare Solutions: Recipient
- Logisticare – the Rogue Broker in the Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Industry
- LogistiCare transit system aims to save money in Wisconsin by reducing riders -- No transit for you!
- LogistiCare Undermines Health Care for Profit: Leaves the Poor, Sick, Elderly, and Needy Behind (VOICES report)
- Logisticare: Unprofessional and Dishonest Edison, New Jersey
- LogistiCare's medical transport service generates more complaints
- LogistiCare's tactics anger transporters
- Making Sense of LogistiCare (VOICES special report)
- Man dies after frustration with state-funded ride provider
- Medicaid Mobster: Logisticare neglects the ill. You and I foot the bill
- Phone Snafu Delays Grayson Co. Bus Riders
- Privatizating medical transport abuses patients: 'I feel like they're trying to kill me'
- Privatization: Does LogistiCare responsibly broker non-emergency medical transportation?
- Privatization Is Bad For Wisconsin's Fiscal And Physical Health
- Privatization FAIL: Does Logisticare Boost Profits Withholding Critical Health Care Delivery (NEMT) Services? (VOICES report)
- Privatized Wisconsin Medicaid Ride Coordinator Fails After One Day
- Privatizing Wisconsin: Audit LogistiCare NOW, They're Incapable of Monitoring Themselves (VOICES report)
- Representative Penny Bernard Schaber Calls for Complete Audit of LogistiCare Contract in Wisconsin (.pdf)
- Request for a program audit of the Non-Emergency Medical Transportation brokerage managed by LogistiCare LLC (.pdf)
- Red Cliff NEMT Public Forum: Logisticare Problems (VOICES report)
- Rocky transition in N.J. medical transport reform effort
- Serious Safety Concerns About LogistiCare Run Missouri Medicaid NEMT Brokerage
- Small transport firms say they're being squeezed by LogistiCare
- Some wary about Atlanta firm’s contract to give rides to Medicaid patients
- State's new transport service provider picking up complaints
- Transport troubles
- Transport Trouble Safety Questions
- VOICES Publisher Shares Logisticare Story with WTDY
- VOICES TV Exclusive: LogistiCare FAIL -- Harming Wisconsin's Senior Citizens
- VOICES TV Exclusive: LogistiCare FAIL -- Three Community Members Speak
- VOICE TV Exclusive: LogistiCare or LogistiSCARE: Disability Rights Wisconsin Speaks On It
- Walker Misrepresents MIT Study and the Impact of ACA on Wisconsin
- What Scottie Didn't Tell Us: "Divide and Conquer" Literally Includes Killing People
- WI Department of Health: Division of Enterprise Services -- Gov. Jim Doyle initiated LogistiCare contract (.pfd).
- Wisconsin Joint Legislative Audit Committee Letter from Co-Chairs Sen. Cowles and Rep. Kerkman, Senators Lazich, Darling, Vinehout, Lassa, Representatives Petersen, Vos, Jorgensen, Richards.
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