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METRO-DADE TRANSIT AGENCY,S
MEDICAID METROPASS PROGRAM
CASE STUDY
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METRO-DADE TRANSIT AGENCY'S MEDICAID METROPASS PROGRAM
Metro-Dade Transit Agency (MDTA), located in Miami, Florida, is the
thirteenth largest public transit system in the United States. A department within
Dade County Government, MDTA employs 2,700. persons. It is governed by a
thirteen-member Board of County Commissioners.
MDTA operates within the 600 square miles that comprise the Greater
Miami metropolitan area. Its 1996 average weekly ridership of 262,900 represents
over 50% of all transit passenger trips in Florida. The fleet consists of 608 buses
and 46 minibuses on 70 routes; 136 rail cars; 29 peoplemover cars; and 47
paratransit vehicles. The 1997 operating budget is $204.6 million.
ORIGIN OF TEIE: MEDICAID METROPASS PROGRAM
Highlights
Savings to
Medicaid=$503,000/mo.
MDTA increased pass
sales=3,600/mo.
MDTA revenue for
adm~n~stration=$4-6/pass
MDTA avoided ADA costs=
$10 million/year
Medicaid is a federal entitlement program
that pays for basic health care services for low
income people and long-term care for the
elderly and persons with disabilities. In 1995
it was a $159 billion program serving one in
eight Americans. The federal government
pays about 57% of this cost, with the states
picking up the rest. Although transportation
was not called out in the 1965 authorizing
legislation, federal courts have found that
people have a right of access to the Medicaid
services for which they qualify.
Consequently, although states have a great deal of flexibility in designing how that
access will be delivered, they are required to assure that clients have some way to
get to health care services. The result is that Medicaid non-emergency
transportation is the second largest federal expenditure for public transportation,
amounting to $~.5 billion.)
In keeping with the mandate to provide access for clients, in 1992 the
Medicaid Area 11 Program Administrator approached MDTA for transportation
a. ~· ~
services to take teenagers to an alter school program for c;n~tc~ren at Risk. The
door-to-door tailored bus service would have cost almost $100,000 a year. Noticing
that the schools at which the program was offered were along an existing bus route,
the manager of MDTA's Transit Mobility Planning Section suggested giving the
teenagers bus passes at a cost of about $16,000 a year. Out of this pragmatic
solution, the Medicaid Metropass Program was born.
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The Medicaid Program Administrator and MDTA staff then discussed
expanding the use of monthly bus passes for other transit dependent Medicaid
clients who were able to use fixed route services. First, the staffs compared the cost
of a Metropass and the cost of paratransit trips. In Florida, Medicaid pays the
transit operator for the actual cost of the trip, whereas in some other states
Medicaid gives the client a voucher for the fare only. Therefore, Medicaid was
paying MDTA $14.10 for the cost of a paratransit trip plus an administrative fee of
$~.63 to cover scheduling, dispatching, verification of eligibility, and billing. The
cost of a discounted Metropass was $30. The staffs agreed that MDTA would incur
similar administrative costs to issue the Metropass to clients, especially since
increased monitoring for eligibility would be required. Therefore, the break-even
point for Medicaid was the third one-way trip, when the cost of the paratransit trips
matched the cost of a monthly pass.
Based on this analysis of potential cost savings, MDTA and Florida's Agency
for Health Care Administration (AHCA) agreed to conduct a pilot program in June
1993. The program was offered to 1200 eligible individuals who:
made six or more one-way trips a month for three consecutive months, and
agreed to give up door-to-door paratransit for the free monthly bus pass.
Although only 44 persons enrolled in the program that first month, six
months later 126 were enrolled. Many of these traveled five days a week to mental
health centers. Consequently, the savings to AHCA by November 1993 was $42,000
over the cost of these same trips by paratransit.
Because of the success of the pilot program, AHCA decided to greatly enlarge
the Medicaid Metropass program. It contracted with MDTA to administer the
entire program and increased the administrative fee to $4-6, depending on the
volume of passes sold. The program grew rapidly and by Summer of 1997, about
3,600 passes were being sold a month, at an estimated monthly savings of over
$503,000.
The steps to creating a Medicaid pass program are illustrated in Table 1. A
complete packet of documents developed by MDTA to assist others in replicating
their program is included in Appendix A.
HOW THE MEDICAID METROPASS PROGRAM WORKS
When the pilot program was initiated in June 1993, no one foresaw the
tremendous growth that would occur. Consequently, passes were mailed to each
individual, there was duplication of effort between AHCA and MDTA, and there
was no central computerized system. As the staffs learned from experience, the
program underwent a number of refinements. For example, although MDTA still
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mails out passes to about 800 individuals each month, the bulk of the passes are
now distributed through participating agencies. This has greatly streamlined the
process and reduced the claims that passes were never received to less than 1%. In
addition, a computer program was developed which could interface with Medicaid's
system in order to verify eligibility; generate billing to the participating agencies;
and block participants from using paratransit.
TABLE 1
STEPS TO CREATE A MEDICAID PASS PROGRAM
1. Develop participation criteria and policies for lost passes.
2. Establish administration fee.
3. Create computer program.
1
4. | Develo monitoring system.
5. | Define assignments for transit and Medicaid staffs.
6. Identify and contact agencies with five or more Medicaid clients.
7. Conduct travel training.
S. Design materials and mail to eligible clients.
,
9. ~ Check eturned applications for completeness and eligibility. ~
1
10. Call clients to explain rules.
11. Develop pass distribution system through agencies.
12. Call doctors to verify appointments and monitor abuse.
13. Meet monthly with Medicaid to insure coordination.
14. | Report osts and savings monthly to Medicaid. ll
In order to enlist participating agencies, MDTA contacts those which have
more than five Medicaid clients a day using paratransit. FiRy-two agencies
currently participate, including mental health clinics, drug and alcohol abuse
centers, AIDS and HIV treatment programs, sheltered workshops for the
developmentally disabled, day care programs for the elderly, and family health
clinics. These agencies have an incentive to participate, because the pass program
maximizes their transportation dollars, enabling them to serve a larger number of
clients, and improves their clients' mobility.
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MDTA conducts group travel training for the clients, teaching them how to
use fixed-route transit. It also trains the agency staff, who can continue the travel
training with new clients entering the program later. Clients are given brochures
in English, Spanish, and Creole explaining the program. One reason many of the
original 1200 persons sent brochures did not enter the program is that they didn't
understand the program, because the brochures were initially printed only in
English. Now each applicant is also personally contacted by MDTA to explain the
program and the requirement to give up travel by paratransit. MDTA has also
added several bilingual staff members.
Each month a package is prepared for the participating agencies containing
the passes for the eligible clients and a sheet which the client signs indicating
receipt of the pass. Both the client and the agency representative also sign the
sheet to verif y that the client meets the minimum requirements for obtaining a
Medicaid Metropass (i.e., the number of medical trips taken). The package also
contains a list of those clients who were ~nel~g~ie, either because they did not meet
the medical trip requirement or because AHCA's Unysis computer system did not
identify them as eligible recipients. Agencies then pick up their packages at MDTA
offices and distribute the passes to their own clients. Some agencies require the
client to turn in the previous month's pass, in order to insure that the passes aren't
being sold illegally.
There are about 800 individuals, not affiliated with an agency, who also
receive Metropasses. MDTA continues to mail the passes to these people directly
and requires that they send back postcards verifying the number of medical trips
they take each month.
Three MDTA staff call the doctors of each non-agency individual and each
new applicant to determine that their medical trips are indeed being made. Each
month the staff also calls a random sample of participating agency to verify the
trips. Through the mechanism of monitoring transportation expenses, AHCA has
become aware of "income mills" run by a few doctors who are enrolling patients in
unwarranted services or by agencies that are filling out claim forms but providing
no service. Thus, MDTA's strict monitoring for abuse not only ensures the integrity
of the Metropass program but also has helped Medicaid identify fraud by doctors
and agencies.
There are seven staff assigned to the pass program. MDTA estimates that
the time to process 1,000 applications for the Medicaid Metropass program is 62 4/z
hours for clerical personnel and 47 ]/2 hours for a Transit Planner. This estimate
reflects the additional work required when Medicaid began requiring collection of a
co-payment from clients.
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MEASURING THE BENEFITS AND COSTS
AHCA, MDTA, and individual Medicaid clients all derive benefits from the
Medicaid Metropass program.
Benefits to the Medicaid System
For AHCA, the benefit is the reduced amount spent on transportation. This
amount is calculated by subtracting the cost of the Metropasses from the potential
cost if the trips had instead been made by paratransit. For example, in August
1997, the participating agencies and individuals reported that 3,629 pass holders
had made 41,554 medical trips. AHCA paid $131,675 for 209 full fare passes
reimbursed at $50.44 and 3,420 senior, child and disabled discounted passes
reimbursed at $30, plus an administrative fee of $18,534. If those same trips had
been taken by paratransit and reimbursed at the Medicaid rate of $15.28, the cost
would have been $634,945. Thus, the Metropass program resulted in a savings to
AHCA of $503,269.
TABLE 2
AUGUST 1997 MEDICAID METROPASS PROGRAM*
. l
Users 13,629 1~
| Estimated Medical Trips l 41,554 1 _
(A) Potential Cost of $634,946.12
Paratransit Trips at $15.28
(includes $1.60 administrative
fee/trip)
(B) Actual Costs
Full Fare Metropasses 209 @ $50.44 $10,541.20
Discounted Metropasses 3,420 @ $30.00 $102,600.00
Administrative Fee**
1-1,500 passes 1,500 @ $ 4.04 $ 6,060.00
1,501-1,800 passes 300 @ $ 5.00 $ 1,500.00
1,801+ passes 1 1,829 @ $ 6 00 1 $10,974 00
Total Actual Cost l | $131,675 96
Estimated Savings (A minus B) l l $603,269 16
Source: MDTA monthly report.
** To simplify the accounting, AHCA and MDTA are negotiating a flat
administrative fee for the new fiscal year based on past experience.
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Using this methodology, AHCA has realized cumulative savings since the
inception of the program in 1993 through August 1997 of $13,380,968. Appendix B
is a spreadsheet illustrating the growth of the program and the resulting savings.
Benept;s to Met;ro-Dade Transit Agency
For MDTA, the benefit of the program is the increased revenue and ridership
it brings to the agency. Increased readership on fixed routes boosts MDTA's federal
funding. Because the fixed-route system has the capacity to accommodate the 3,629
people enrolled in the program, MDTA can better utilize existing vehicles and avoid
higher contract fees for additional paratransit vehicles that might have been needed
otherwise. The administrative fee, which was $~S,534 in August 1997, covers the
costs of the MDTA staff assigned to the program and helps subsidize the Medicaid
paratransit service for those who can't use the axed-route system.
As the pass program has grown, there has been a drop in farebox revenues.
However, the Metropass program provides a more predictable source of revenue
than the farebox. This is especially true when the economy is poor and people
cannot afford to take as many bus rides with cash fares. Pass sales also provide
MDTA with the revenue up front, instead of being spread out in cash sales over the
month.
Medicaid reimbursements also expand the sources of funding for MDTA
beyond traditional transit appropriations. Since the State can be relied upon for
payment, the funding source is also secure and reliable.
If MDTA had been unable or unwilling to take on the Medicaid Metropass
program, the MDTA Program Administrator estimates that, because the fixed route
system is not fully accessible, at least half of the individuals could have qualified for
paratransit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under that scenario,
MDTA would only have received the individual paratransit fare of $2.50 per trip
instead of the $30 monthly pass revenue from Medicaid. According to MDTA's
Deputy Director, the result would be a potential $10 million annual cost to MDTA
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for ADA paratrans~t rather than the current revenue-enhancing pass program.
Benefits to Ricters
Individuals benefit from lower cost and increased mobility. After the
program was underway, AHCA introduced a co-payment requirement for its clients.
Thus, instead of receiving the monthly pass for free, clients now have to pay a $~.00
co-payment. However, $~.00 a month is less expensive than a co-payment of $~.00
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a trip on paratransit, so the client has an economic incentive to enroll in the
Medicaid Metropass program.*
For those who can ride fixed-route vehicles, the Metropass program provides
independence and flexibility. Clients no longer have to schedule trips in advance
and include a 30-minute window before and the scheduled time to wait for the
paratransit vehicle. They are not segregated in a paratransit system, but enjoy the
mobility offered by the public transportation system, using a Metropass that looks
no different than anyone else's. No longer is their mobility restricted to medical
trips, since they can use the pass to go anywhere-school, shopping, visiting friends
going to work. Some, such as a kidney dialysis patient who could qualif y for ADA
paratransit, prefer the pass program as a means of staying independent as long as
possible.
When bad times hit, riders do not have to ration their bus trips to save
household income. As MDTA reports, one elderly woman was thankful for the
program because "she no longer has to decide whether she should use her limited
income to pay for transportation to church or to the grocery store."2
ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS
Coordinated Trar~sportatzon
In 1979 the State of Florida created the Transportation Disadvantaged
Program "to arrange the provision of transportation services in a manner that is
cost effective and efficient and reduce fragmentation and duplication of services."3
Under this program, local Community Transportation Coordinators (CTCs) are
responsible for coordinating transportation services within a designated area.
MDTA is the CTC for Metropolitan Dade County, acting as a clearinghouse for all
trips that qualify for funding from the State's Transportation Disadvantaged Trust
Fund.
Prior to the implementation of the Transportation Disadvantaged Program,
agencies serving Medicaid clients either had to operate their own vehicles or
contract with private operators. The ability of AHCA to contract with a single
entity MDTA in its role as CTC was important to the success of the Medicaid
Metropass Program. The fact that MDTA's service area is contained in only one
county also simplifies the contractual relationship. Although MDTA does contract
*In order to reduce its paratransit expenses, MDTA also offers an economic
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incentive to its non-Medicaid, ADA-elig~ble passengers. These individuals, who pay
a fare to ride paratransit, are allowed to ride free on fixed routes.
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for its paratransit service, it remains the broker for all such trips. Without this
single point of coordination, there would not be the necessary control over the client
database. For example, some clients have tried to register at more than one agency
in order to be eligible for another Metropass. The centralized database has been
able to detect this abuse of the program. If other providers competed for clients,
monitoring the number of medical trips and insuring that pass holders do not also
take paratransit trips would not be possible.
In fact, the inability to control the database was a critical factor in the
decision of another Florida public transportation agency not to implement a
Medicaid pass program. When the Medicaid Program Office in Central Florida
attempted to contract for all its transportation disadvantaged needs with Lynx, the
CTC in Orlando, the Medicaid office was challenged by a private, for-profit provider.
Lynx abandoned its efforts towards a Medicaid pass program when the court ruled
against the Medicaid office, according to a former Lynx employee who ran its A+
Link paratransit service. He believes the court ruling could negatively affect
Florida's goals of coordination if, as a result, other Medicaid offices or the CTCs are
open to {e gel challenges against a single broker for transportation.
Nonetheless, other transportation agencies in Florida have successfi~lly
implemented a similar Medicaid pass program. AHCA reports that 13 of the 17
mass transit systems have bus pass programs for Medicaid clients.4 Public
transportation systems in Jacksonville, Tampa, PinelIas County and Volusia
County have all modeled their Medicaid programs after MDTA. In Volusia County
alone, $900,000 was saved in one year through their pass progran~.5 Other states,
such as Texas, and other countries, such as Japan, have visited MDTA to gather
information on how to start a similar program. Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon,
Vermont and Washington have adopted legislation like Florida's for regional or
statewide transportation brokerages.6 Still others, such as California, have
legislation which facilitates coordination without mandating it. Therefore, it does
seem possible to replicate MDTA's Medicaid Metropass Program elsewhere with the
centralized database and control over paratransit trips necessary for a successful
program.
Parinership
The Medicaid Metropass Program began when Medicaid had a problem and
MDTA had a solution. The solution was unconventional in that it did not involve a
paratransit answer. Rather, it involved a program that did not fit the tidy roles
that Medicaid and MDTA traditionally played. Representatives of both agencies
formed a partnership which required taking risks.
For example, when the program grew beyond expectations, MDTA had to be
willing to take on the entire program as a contractor. This role meant assuming
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responsibilities unusual for a transit agency and learning the terminology and
players of another industry. The following are some illustrations of this non-transit
role:
MDTA accesses AHCA's Unysis database to verify the Medicaid
eligibility of each client. This can occur because of the partnership
between Medicaid, which allows that access, and MDTA, which has
agreed to perform this atypical task.
Staff of the Transit Mobility Planning Section meet weekly with the case
managers of the participating social service agencies. This close
relationship brings small details to light before they become problems
and assists in monitoring the integrity of the program.
Clients with HIV, schizophrenia, and personality disorders objected to
revealing their disability to obtain a Discount Metrobus Permit. Working
with AHCA, MDTA now uses specific Medicaid codes that provide the
same information without breaching confidentiality.
Whereas the program was originally offered as an option to clients, the two
agencies now have a "mass transit first" policy. Clients who are able to take fixed-
route transit are placed in the Medicaid Metropass Program. This policy works
effectively because AHCA's partner is a public bus operator. The Area 11 Program
Administrator explained that a private, for-profit operator would have no incentive
to move clients from reimbursable paratransit trips onto the public bus system.
Nevertheless, both agencies are cautious about advertising the Medicaid
Metropass Program. Although only 1% of the 375,000 Medicaid clients in Dade
County are in the pass program, "We don't want it on the front page," said the
Program Administrator. Many clients are able to get to medical appointments by
riding with a relative or driving their own car. If they all demanded the Metropass
as an entitlement, the Medicaid budget would be overwhelmed.
Just as MDTA cooperates to keep Medicaid's costs under control, AHCA
cooperates by not "dumping" clients onto MDTA's ADA paratransit program. Since
at least half of those in the pass program would qualif y for ADA-paratransit,
MDTA's budget could also be overwhelmed if it had to transport these additional
clients under ADA mandates for only the $2.50 fare instead of Medicaid's
reimbursement for the Metropass.
One risk in MDTA's commitment to the pass program is the tightening of
Medicaid transportation dollars at the state level. For example, in 1996 the Florida
Legislature cut non-emergency medical transportation by 32%. However, a lawsuit
by mental health advocates forced the state to restore much of the funding for
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non Of ROtID.
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Dear Medicaid Metropass Participating Agency:
You recently received a letter from the State of Florida, Medicaid Office
advising you that the 1995 Florida Legislature passed a law Increasing or
requiring co-payments on most Medicaid services except prescription drugs,
starting July I, 1995'. This means that your Medicaid eligible clients
who are now receiving Medicaid transportation are now required to pay a
co-payment for Medicaid transportation.
The Medicaid office has directed the Metro-Dade Transit Agency to collect
a fee of 51.00 per month for each Medicaid Metropass. Please attach an
envelope containing the appropriate amount of money (either check or cash)
when you return your Client Pass Receipt and Eligibility Verification
Form (sign-in-sheet) a .
You do not have to collect the Si.00 co-payment, if your client is:
o Under 21 years old or
o Pregnant or
o Receiving family planning services
If you do not have to collect the Sl.00 co-payment, please tell us why.
Use one of the reasons listed above, and write it down next to your
clients name.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact John Garcia
or Sheila Winitzer at 637-3754.
Sincerely,
l
Judy Rosenbaum, Ed.D.
District Il
Medicaid Program Administrator
~ E T S O D ~ D E
Transit Mobility Pl"~ng
3300 N.U'. 32 Avenue
Second Floor Room 226
Miami, Florida 33142
Danny Alvarez
Deputy Director
Metro-Dade Transit Agency
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- ~ AG E N CY F0 ~ H ~ lTH C AR E ~ MI N I ~ FAT I O N ~
t~3 "D~D A - ~N Tmmit MobBit, Planning
\~,~y DUAL, a 33lbi 3300 MU'. 32 AveDue
em::- ~Second Floor Room 226
Miami Florida 33142
Dear Medicaid Metropass Recipient:
l
Participants in the Medicaid Metropass program receiving a Discount Metropass must be:
r' o Permanently disabled, or
o Under I~ years of age, or
o Over 65 years of age
637-3754 as soon as possible.
| you do not fit into any of these categories, please call
Participants with permanent disabilities under the age of 65 must obtain a Metrobus
seduced Fare Permit. If you do not have one, follow these simple directions:
1
o Obtain a letter from your physician stating what the disability is, and the;
the disability is permanent.
O Take the letter from your physician to the Transit Information Center at the
Government Center Metrorail station, fare gate level, and they will issue you
a Metrobus Reduced Fare I.D. Permit with your photo on it. This pe split is good
for an indefinite period of time.
In addition, the 1995 Florida Legislature passed a law increasing or requiring
Or payments on most Medicaid services except prescription drugs, starting July 1, 19°;".
t.is means that you are now required to pay a copayment for Medicaid transportation.
The Medicaid office has directed the Metro-Dade Transit Agency to collect a fee of $ 1.00
['r month for each Medicaid Metropass, from you, to allow you to remain in the Medicaid
L`tropass program. Please send your $ 1.00 Medicaid transportation copayment in cash,
check or money order in the enclosed self-addressed envelope.
,,.
flu do not have to send the ~ 1.00 copayment, if you are:
a.
o
Lo
~o
Under 21 years old, or
Pregnant, or
Receiving family planning services
[' you do not have to send the $ 1.00 copayment, please tell us why. Use one of the
Seasons listed above, and write it on the postcard.
r ~ yOU have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact John Garcia or Sheila
[initzer at 637-3754.
-
{incerely,
r W~
Judy Rosenbaum, Ed.D.
District 11
Medicaid Program Administrator
Danny Alvarez
Deputy Director
Metro-Dade Transit Agency
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Es.imado receptor de: Medicaid Metropass:
It E T R O D ~ D E
Transit 5tobilit, Ptanning
3300 N'.U'. 32 Avenue
Secood Floor Room 226
Miami, Flonda 33142
Los pa-ticipantes en el programa Metropass de Medicaid que reciban un Metropass con
descuento, tendran que ser:
o Incapacitados pe~manentemente
o Menores de l S anos de edad, o
o Mayores de 65 anos de edad
Si us ted no esta incluido en al-tuna de estas categories, por favor flame al 637-3754 lo
antes posible.
Los participantes con incapacicad permanente que tengan menos de 65 anos tend~c-. ~,e
obtener un ~Perm~so de Tarifa Reaucida'' de: Metrobus. Si usted no tiene uno, siga estas
sencil:as ins.rucciones:
o Octeng2 una carte de su medico que declare cue: es su incapacidaa, y ~"e ia
mismc es permanente
0 Lle~e la carte de su mecico al "Centro de Informacion de: Transporte" e-. la
estacion de Me~rorail de: Government Cen.er, al nivel de en~rada de pas2je'0s,
donae le ex~enderan el "Permiso de Tarifa Reducida" de Metrobus con su foto en
el. Este permiso tiene valiaez por tiempo indefinido.
Acicionalmente, la legi~iatura estatal de 1995 aprobo una fey, ~aumen.ando o requirienao
co-pecos en la mayoria de los servicios de Medicaid, excepto en medicinas de
prescripcion'' ~ pa~tir de julio I, 1995. Esto significa que ahora Usted esta
responsabilizac- con pager una parse de su transporte de Medicaid.
La oficina de Medicaid ie ha indicado a la Agencia de Transito del Condado de Dade (~DlA)
que cobre a usted una tarifa de $1.00 cada mes, por cada Medicaid Metropass, pa a
permitirie que siga participando en el programa de Medicaid Metropass. Favor de envier
su parse de: dinero (S1~00) por los servicios de transportacion de Medicaid. Pueae
mandar efectivo o envier un cheque o un money order en ei sobre adjunto.
Estara exento de pager la tarifa de $1.00 si usted:
o es menor de 21 anos de edad,
o esta embarazada, o
o recibe servicios de planificacion de familia
Si usted no tiene que pager e: SI.OO, favor de informarnos por que esta exento. Escoja
unas de las rezones mencionadas arriba y escribala en la tarjeta postal.
Si tiene alguna pregunta, favor de llamar a John Garcia al numero 637-3754.
Le saluda atentamente,
S~
Judy Rosenbaum, Ed. D .
District 11
Hedicaid Program A~ninistrator
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~-
Danny Alvarez
Deputy Director
Metro-Dade Transit Agency
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;.~ AGED ~t HEATH CAtE ~MINIU"T10N
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Dear Medicaid Metropass Recipient:
~ E T R O D ~ D E
Transit Mobility Plaomcg
3340 ~'.~'. 32 Avenue
Second Floor Room 226
Miami, Florida 33142
All participants in the Medicaid Metropass program were
notified that the Florida Legislature passed a law n increasing
or requiring co-payments on mos t Medicaid services except
prescription drugs, starting July I, 1995u.
A review of our records shows that you did not send in the
$~.00 co-payment for the Metropass you received this month.
This letter is to notify you that you will have to send $2.00
with your Medicaid eligibility postcard for next month. If you
do not send the $2.00, you will be taken off the Metropass
program, and put back on the Medicaid door to door paratransit
service. Receiving a Medicaid Metropass is a privilege, not a
right.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact
either John Garcia or Sheila Winitzer at 637-3754.
Thank you for your participation in the Medicaid Metropass
program.
Sincerely,
Judy Rosenbaum, Ed.D.
District 11
Medicaid Program Administrator
Danny Alvarez
Deputy Director
Metro-Dade Transit Agency
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Estimado receptor del Medicaid Metropass:
Todos los participances del programa de Medicaid Metropass
fueron notificados ac3~rirtiendoles clue la legislatura estatal
del Estado de la Florida ha pasado una ley ~ aumentando o
requirienclo co-pagos en la mayoria de los servicios de
Medicaid, lo cual excluye medicinas recetadas. Esta ley fue
efecti~ra el lo cJe Julio de 1995".
Al es tudiar su expediente nos hemos dado cuenta que us ted no
mando el co-pago de un $ i. 00 cubriendo el Metropass que us ted
recibi6 este mes. Por ~ria c3e esta carte le est anos notificanclo
gue usted tendra que mandar $ 2.00 con su postal c3e Meclicaid la
cual nos clice c~ue us ted califica pare el pr6ximo mes. Si us ted
no nos manda los $ 2.00 requiridos, nos ~reremos forzados a
quitarlo cJel programa de Metropass y de nue~ro ponerio en el
servicio paratransito de puerta a puerta de Medicaid. Dese
cuenta que recibir un Metropass de Medicaid es un privilegio,
no un derecho.
Si tiene alguna pregunta, favor de llamar a John Garcia al
numero 637-3754.
Gracias por su participacidn en el programa Metropass del
Medicaid.
Le saluda atentamente,
Judy Rosenbaum, Ed.D.
District ll
Medicaid Program Administrator
~ E t ~ O D ~ D E
Tr~sit Mobility Pl"ning
3300 ~'.W. 32 Avecue
Socood Ploor Room 226
Miami, Flonda 33142
.
~_
Danny Alvarez
Deputy Director
Metro-Dade Transit Agency
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MAY, R 331"
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AGES ~t HEALTH ME LION
Dear Medicaid Recipient:
m
~ ET ~ O D ~ D E
0~
Transit Mobility Plsoning
3300 N.W. 32 Avenue
Second Floor Room 226
Miami, Florida 33142
This letter is to advise you that you are not eligible to
receive a Medicaid Metropass for next month. The Medicaid
Metropass program is designed to offer unlimited free
transportation on Metrobus, Metrorail and Metromover, to
individuals meeting very Specific Medic-~d transportation
criteria.
Each month we review the eligibility of all Medicaid
participants. We have not received your Medicaid Metropass
co-payment for two consecutive months. This is to advise you
that if you need Medicaid transportation for next month, call
263-7301 to schedule your trip.
If you have any Questions regarding this matter, please do not
hesitate to contact John Garcia or Sheila Winitzer at 637-3754.
Sincerely,
Judy Rosenbaum, Ed.D.
District 11
Medicaid Program Administrator
Danny Alvarez
Deputy Director
Metro-Dade Transit Agency
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~0~ COST BENEFITS HIS
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1993
,
. 3 Totals
_ ~.
r 1994
-~4 Totals
f
I f995
1995 Totals
r
tJ996
-996 Totals
,
1997
r~u~
bruary
March
[^ jril
1, tY
June
-f ~y .
i_'gust
September
{~.tober
·vember
~cember
-
r ;, Totals
, L_
;93-97 Totals
-
AREA 11 ~ MEDICAID METROPASS PROGRAM MONTHLY COST BENEFITS AbJALYSIS
PARATRANSIT I~EDICAID METROPASS
No. I Avg.
of | Actual
Users |~Trip~
l
Cost ot
Paratransit
Trips at
S 1 5.28*
Full | Cost .
Fare at
Passes S 50.44~.
Disc. Cost ~ Admin. ~ Total
1
Passes at ~ Fee'.. Metropass
S 30 Costs
:
Savings
. .
Cumulative ~
Savings |
1
564173,738
r
7,929 134,352
==
~ 16,876 - 240,820
~ 1
27,4531 356,687,
: 1 1
1 1
3,057135,920
3 13 ~37,C'OO
.~ I
3,268138,286
3,214137,046
.~3~96T~ ~ 37,m
.
3,404139,232
3J366138,904
~ 1
3,629141,554
- 1
l
~1~ ~-~_1
T I
26369: 305,714'
11
~,
7g,13111,051,311,
S216, 099
-
S2,115,027
-
S3,729, 163
S5, 450, 1n
S548, 858
sses,36a
1
1 ssss,ola
S566, 063
1
S577, 156
S599,46S
S594,4s3
1
1S634,94S
|SG
|SG
1sc
t
1sc
'S4,671,31C
,'81,77d
1 11
75 281S1,4561
~ 11
I 11
r' 86|S4,472|
~ IT
71 488S24, 39)
~ I~
1 ~
~ ~ 376TS69, 405
1 1
~173T S8, 726
.
191 t S9, 634
2IS1 S10,845
7741 s8,m
2031 St0,239
2141 S10,794
·1
I7851 S9,331
12091 S10,542
~1
1 so
11 so
10 ~ SO
{7!
~ T
I ·,5641 S78,888
~ 1
13,5421 S179,178
536
7,84:
'- - 1
76328T S489, 84{
' 1
1
26,05/ S781,77t
1
2,8841
1
2,944
3,0531
1
3,,040
3,093
39fsol
1 3Jl8l1
1 3J4
1 1
24,805
75,569
1 1
1 1
1 S16,08G
1 1
1 1
31S235,2901
ll
S86,5201S1S,702
S88, 3201SI5,570
sSl,59o1S16,368
1
S91,2001SI6,062
sg2,79olS16,536
1
S95, 7001S17,184
S95, 4301S16,956
1
S102,6001Sf8,534
S01
-
-
Sf32,312
S354, 619
S2,267, 070
~1
r1 S919
1 1
1I S26,'461 S26S, 908
I T
~,
1I S~1 S~230
1 1
r I
.~c 7AO: ,976.864
S18,455 SI97,6431 St97,643
~ ~ 1
St,849,?798 S2,046,7621
1 1
~S3, 144,9335 SS, 191,69g
· 1
I :
S110,3"
S173,524
S118,803
S116,039
-
S119,565
S123,678
S121,717
S13f,676
1 SO
1
SO
1 so
1 so
S438,509
S451,836
S466,207
S450, 024
S457, 591
S475, 787
S4 72, 736
S503,265
SG
SC
SC
SC
S10,103J517
510, 55S,3s3
S11,02f,561
S1 1,471,58S
S1 1,929, 176
.
512,404,sB3
S12,8~7,69S
.
S13,380,966
S13,380,96&
S13,380,968!
S13,380,gS'
s~59
1
IS95S,350 S3,715,g608S13,380, 968;
i ~1
1
S2,800,807 S13,380, 968 BSI3,380,g68;
S13,380, 966
Prlor to July 1, 1994, cost ot Paratran..it trips was S 15.73. From July 1, 1994 to June 30, t995 the cost ot a paratransit trip was S 15.75 per
trip. Etfective July 1, 1995, the cost of a one way paratransit trip was adjusted to S 15~8 per trip. rhm change is based on the 3 % reductTon
tnstituted In the FY 95t96 Medicaid contract.
Enective July 1, 1995, the cost of a Full Fare (AII Transit) Metropass was adjusted to S 50.44. This change is based on the 3 % reduction
instituted in the FY 95lg6 Medicaid contract.
Prior to July 1, 1994, administratiYe fe~e was S 1.63 per pass. From July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1g95, admini~ratnre fe. was Increased to S 4.00
for 1 - 750 Metropasses and to S 4.17 for 1 - 750+ Metropasse~. Eftective July t, 1995, the adminls~tive fe. was adjusted to S 4.04 tor 1 -
1,SW Metropasses, S 5.00 tor t,50t - t ,800, and to S 6.X tor 1,801 Metropasses or more. Increa~e is necessary to provide for needed
monitoring and accountability.
P~. OUO7l97
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Representative terms from entire chapter:
metropass program
