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4/8/2024
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Media Advisory: House Oversight Committee to hear update on non-emergency medical transportation
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STATE HOUSE — The House Committee on Oversight is scheduled to meet Wednesday to hear an update on the service that provides non-emergency medical transportation to the elderly and Medicaid beneficiaries.
The committee will meet Wednesday, April 10, at 3 p.m. in Room 135 on the first floor of the State House.
The committee will hear a presentation from Kristin Pono Sousa, the Medicaid director for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services on the status of for non-emergency medical transportation in Rhode Island.
Phil Stalboerger, the senior vice president for public affairs for Missouri-based Medical Transportation Management, will also address the committee with an update.
MTM has been responsible for coordinating transportation services for Medicaid beneficiaries and individuals over the age of 60 for non-emergency medical services since 2019. The company’s service to the state began as a rocky one, with many complaints that the service had either been delayed or that drivers never showed up.
The Oversight Committee met several times before the pandemic began to review hundreds of complaints lodged against the vendor. During the hearings, it was revealed that the company would pay a $1-million penalty and agree to future monetary sanctions until all problems have been resolved.
The House Oversight Committee is chaired by Rep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick).
The meeting will be televised live by Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox channel 61, on i3Broadband channel 15 and on Verizon channel 34. It will be live streamed at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.
For more information, contact:
Daniel Trafford, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-1922
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