Cost Allocation Technology for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Final Report: June 2020
Prepared for:
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program &
U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Section 1: Introduction
Project Background
Overview The Federal government has long recognized and promoted the benefits of coordinating hu...
SBIR Program Objectives
This project is being sponsored by the USDOT’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program....
Project Objectives
This project seeks innovative solutions for a cost allocation method/technology that accounts for...
Resources
1 U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Final Repor...
Section 2: Literature Review
Lack of Cost Allocation Methodology as a Barrier to Transportation Coordination
The Federal government has a long history of recognizing the need for coordination between govern...
Instructional Resources on Cost Allocation
Cost allocation in the public transit field consisted primarily of locally developed methods unti...
Medicaid Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Medicaid is generally recognized as the U.S. government’s largest entitlement program. As a partn...
Mobility Management Software for Cost Allocation
Transportation providers involved in coordination efforts require specialized software tools to p...
Section 3: Considerations in Developing a Cost Allocation Model
A review of previous efforts to build cost allocation models have either: (1) presumed that the e...