Non-Emergency Stretcher Transportation (Costs)

[amcgeveran]

If the reimbursement rate for Medicaid means that having two people carrying a stretcher is untenable in some circumstances, it seems like there are two things that can happen: either the reimbursement rate goes up or you have stretchers operated by one person. What can transportation providers do? It seems like this is a place for technical innovations, since they can't control the reimbursement rate. Are there types of stretchers that can be safely operated by one person?

[MBowe10]

I didn't know that an agency would knowingly send out one operator to do a stretcher transport. This seems amazingly dangerous for both the patient and the operator.

[MBowe10]

I did not know that a program would knowingly send out one person to transport a stretcher. There are an amazing number of ways this could go wrong.