- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- A snapshot of Georgia: Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation (NET)
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Community Health
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, GA. : Dept. of Community Health, 2009
- Date of Original:
- 2009
- Subject:
- Transport of sick and wounded--Georgia
Health maintenance organizations--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Title from pdf caption (GALILEO, viewed Apr. 5, 2010)
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA C900 .S1 N6 2009
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc900-b-ps1-bn6-b2009-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc900-b-ps1-bn6-b2009-belec-p-btext
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
A Program Of The Georgia Department Of Community Health
A SNAPSHOT OF GEORGIA
Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation (NET)
Overview
The Georgia Department of Community Health's (DCH) Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation (NET) is a program that provides transportation for eligible Medicaid members who need access to medical care or services. This program only provides services to members when other transportation is not available and eligibility is determined at the time of the contact.
NET has five regions in Georgia North, Atlanta, Central, East and Southwest. DCH has contracted with a broker in each region to administer and provide non-emergency transportation. DCH contracts with three companies to provide broker services:
Southeastrans, Inc. - Serves the Atlanta Region, North Region and Central Region LogistiCare - Serves the East Region Southwest Georgia Regional Development Center - Serves the Southwest region
SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS
Eligible program members must contact the broker serving their county three days in advance of their appointment to schedule appropriate transportation. Appointments can be scheduled Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Urgent care situations can be arranged more quickly.
County groupings and related broker scheduling telephone numbers for each region are as follows:
North: Southeastrans, Inc.
Toll free 1-866-388-9844
Local 678-510-4555 Atlanta: Southeastrans, Inc. (404) 209-4000 Central: Southeastrans
Toll free 1-866-991-6701
Local 404-305-3535 East: LogistiCare
Toll free 1-888-224-7988 Southwest: Southwest Georgia Regional Development Center
Toll free 1-866-443-0761
Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Cobb, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, Elbert, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Morgan, Murray, Newton, Oglethorpe, Oconee, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Rockdale, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, Walton, White and Whitfield
Fulton and DeKalb
Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Crawford, Dodge, Fayette, Hancock, Heard, Henry, Houston, Jasper, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Laurens, Meriwether, Monroe, Montgomery, Peach, Pike, Pulaski, Putnam, Spalding, Telfair, Treutlen, Troup, Twiggs, Upson, Washington, Wheeler, Wilcox and Wilkinson
Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Burke, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Columbia, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, McDuffie, McIntosh, Pierce, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Toombs, Ware, Warren, Wayne and Wilkes Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Harris, Irwin, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marion, Miller, Mitchell, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Webster and Worth
2 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga 30303 www.dch.georgia.gov
January 2009