RouteGenie: Medical Transportation Insights

Gas prices have fallen for five straight weeks, and if you run a fleet, you'll feel it. In this month's Genie Journal Recap, we cover what moved in medical transportation in June — from the pump to the statehouse. This episode covers: Fuel prices — The national average hit $3.91/gallon on June 25, the fifth consecutive weekly decline. What's driving it and what it means for fleet opera...

What if the fastest path to doubling your NEMT revenue had nothing to do with Medicaid? In this episode of Inside the Lamp, NEMT consultant and sales expert Joe Siddle joins RouteGenie Co-Founder and Growth Partner Jonathon Anthon to share the exact strategy he's used to help NEMT providers break into school transportation contracts and unlock a whole new revenue stream. Joe walks through his...

May was the most decisive month of state level NEMT modernization this year. Colorado passed HB 26 1328, Wisconsin selected Verita as its new Medicaid NEMT vendor, and Massachusetts committed $15.66 million for 131 wheelchair accessible vans. On the federal side, CMS deferred $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California, HHS OIG launched reviews of every state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and 1...

What does it take to run nearly 2 million NEMT trips a year and earn NEMTAC's 2025 Broker of the Year? In this episode of Inside the Lamp, we find out. We sit down with Gabe Erwin, Sr. Director of Client Engagement and Market Strategy at Provide A Ride, the Cleveland-based hybrid broker and fleet operator that's redefining what payers can expect from their NEMT partners. By blending networ...

What does it actually take to build an NEMT partnership that holds up over time? Recorded live from Inside the Lamp LIVE in Dallas, just ahead of NEMTAC Transform 2025, this episode brings back one of the most thoughtful operators in the industry. RouteGenie Co-Founder and ITL host Jonathon Anthon sits down with Stephen Newman, CEO of 360 Quality Care + Transport Services in St. Louis, to talk thr...

Ever wondered what's actually happening on the broker side of every NEMT trip? In this episode of Inside the Lamp, we sit down with Ben Salter, Co-Founder and CPO at SafeRide Health and a member of the NEMTAC Technology Advisory Committee, to pull back the curtain. To mark RouteGenie's official integration with SafeRide Health, Ben breaks down how NEMT brokers really operate, who sets the...

What if running fewer trips actually made your NEMT business more profitable? Stephen and Carly Newman of 360 Quality Care + Transport Services in St. Louis built one of only a dozen or so NEMTAC-accredited operations in the country, and they did it on a lower-volume, premium model. In this episode of Inside the Lamp, Co-CEO Jonathon Anthon sits down with the father-daughter duo to break down prio...

The Minnesota Medicaid story went national this month. CMS sent fraud letters to all 50 governors, Colorado picked a single statewide broker, and Medicare Advantage rates landed far higher than January's proposal suggested. Here is what mattered in medical transportation in April 2026: CMS directs all 50 states to revalidate high-risk Medicaid providers Minnesota and Colorado implementation up...

What turns a routine medical ride into a moment that actually changes a patient's day? Tom Sikkema, founder of Michigan's Ride YourWay, joins Inside the Lamp to share how a personal fight for his life inside the medical system shaped the way he now runs his NEMT company. In this episode, Tom walks through what value-based NEMT really looks like in practice, why transportation is one of the...

RouteGenie's Inside the Lamp podcast is back, and this time we have a very special guest inside the lamp: Cameron Craig, RouteGenie's CEO. Cameron sits down with host Jonathon Anthon for his first-ever podcast appearance to talk about his background in healthcare and transportation, what drew him to the NEMT industry (including a deeply personal story about his family), and where he sees R...