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A number of healthcare startups have seen an opportunity to make the Non Emergency Medical Transportation program for Medicaid patients more efficient. Ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft have also expanded into the NEMT space. So the news that CMS officials are making changes that could lead to ridesharing services for Medicare Advantage members to travel…

More news from the realLIST ’18 cohort: NoLibs-based RoundTrip, a startup using tech to connect patients with medical transportation options, has closed a $1.9 million seed round. The capital will let the company, which currently offers its services in 15 states across the Northeast, expand its sales, marketing and tech teams. It currently employs the equivalent of…

In health care, innovation has transformed so much that was once a painful, protracted experience. Brain surgery can now be done with beams of radiation instead of knives. Some colonoscopies with the swallow of a vitamin-size, camera-enhanced capsule. Knee replacement without slicing the quadriceps muscle. But what often remains tortuous, time-consuming, and far from reliable…

GLEN ALLEN, Va. — John Morris lost his vision when he was only a year old, so he really cannot remember what it is like to see. Morris has run the front desk at Schnabel Engineering for 20 years and lives independently, but getting a ride around town can be a challenge. Since last December,…