Healthcare Accessibility
Mission
Increase access to healthcare services for Georgia’s vulnerable and underserved populations through healthcare promotion, community partnerships, and service connectivity.
- Meeting Schedule: The Healthcare Accessibility Workgroup meets on the second Tuesday of every month.
- Meeting Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Agenda Requests: To ensure that our discussions align with the needs of all stakeholders, we request agenda items at the end of each meeting.
Transportation is significant barrier to health access for Georgians. To address these challenges, CPI is working with internal and external stakeholders to improve the oversight and member experiences of Non-Emergency Medical Transportation, which provides free transportation to and from Medicaid-covered health appointments. To meet this goal, CPI is currently
- Working with internal and external teams to identify member and provider challenges
- Working with the DCH NEMT team to improve processes and practice so that NEMT better meets the needs of Georgians
- Improve member awareness of NEMT as a Medicaid benefit
Lifeline
The Lifeline Assistance Program is designed to provide Medicaid members a free smartphone and comprehensive plan with unlimited talk, text and data (one per household) - that enables long-term connectivity with family & friends, health care, access to governmental resources and more.
There are 562 active members enrolled in the program.
Goal:
- Facilitate the enrollment of 630 members into the Lifeline program, ensuring increased accessibility to vital healthcare services.
- Achieve a target enrollment count of 630 in FY2024; we are at 266, need 364 more in the next 7 months.
- Increase the rate of enrollments in rural areas by researching what other states are doing in terms of broadband.
- Establish partnerships with at least two additional agencies or divisions to promote the Lifeline program and increase connectivity with family & friends, health care, and other resources: such as Gateway and DOE.
Visit the enrollment website at https://www.mybenefitphone.com/.