Medicaid Transportation assistance can be accessed in 2 ways:
- Reimbursement for mileage
- To pick you up and drive you to the appointment in a taxi cab
There are 2 categories of transportation:
- Routine Medical Transportation
- This is the type of service that MTP arranges for you to go to a place in the county where you live or a county nearby. If you need this help, call 1-855-687-4786. You must call MTM at least two business days before the day you need the ride.
- Special Medical Transportation
- This service is when you need help getting to the doctor or hospital in another city. It can help pay for travel, lodging and meals in some cases if you must stay away from home overnight or longer for medical reasons. Call 1-855-687-4786 at least five business days before you need to travel to set up this type of help.
More info is available at www.mtm-inc.net/texas/
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Still waiting for my reburment check it was approved in dec still nothing
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They usually direct deposit it onto a card. I would call to check on it.
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Does Medicaid provide transportation to support group meeting if your disability is blindness?
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no
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Does Medicaid reinburse you for money spent out of pocket at hotels and ronald mcdonald house and gas money while staying away from home with a baby in the hospital?
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I only know of gas mileage reimbursement & a meal allowance if you are a certain distance from your home.
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They paid the Ronald McDonald house/hotel for me and meals while my preemie was in NICU.
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It says if you have an emergency appointment away from home it may cover gas, hotel and food! This is only what I have read so I’m not positive
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Yes, if you are over a certain distance from your home, it covers the hotel & food. Normally, it just covers the gas.
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Does it pay for hotel if my son is having surgery in another city if my mother is driving us and can’t stay at hospital
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I think it reimburses meals… not sure about hotels
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Yes
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I’m trying to see if my hotel stay will be covered, but everytime i call medicaid i get the run around, and transferred about a million times. I just wanna be prepared for my induction.
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You need to call your Medicaid MCO’s specific transportation phone number.
My kids MCO is UnitedHealthcare, so I call 1 (866) 529-2117 for transportation questions.
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