Circulation, a startup that uses the Uber taxi platform to promote non-emergency medical transport (NEMT), recently received seed investment from investment armor Flare Capital. The details of the investment have not been disclosed. Last month, Circulation announced that Uber has become its preferred medical partner, and its platform services were launched last month. Non-emergency medical traffic (NEMT) is defined as a transportation service that transports patients in non-emergency situations to a medical facility between an ambulance and a taxi. At present, the US NEMT service is mainly provided by an intermediary company and a medical institution. The specific method is that the medical institution provides the fee, and the patient makes an appointment to the intermediary company for free vehicle transportation. In addition, patients can also book vehicle services directly to these companies, and then reimbursed with medical insurance. At the moment, NEMT has the problem that the service requires the patient to make an appointment 48 hours in advance, and finally the intermediary company will suddenly cancel the service due to unexpected circumstances. Second, expense reimbursement is very limited, and travel expenses sometimes require patients to pay for themselves. In addition, insufficient vehicles can also cause scheduled vehicles to arrive on time. On the other hand, in the NEMT transportation service of clinical trials, the implementing agency of the clinical trial will issue free taxi vouchers or bus pass cards to the volunteers to let them arrive at the test site by themselves, but due to NEMT transportation problems, many subjects are tested. They will withdraw from the clinical trial. Circulation is a platform that complies with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which allows medical institutions to use Uber's taxi network platform to enable patients and clinical trials to participate in medical service appointments through Uber taxis. The Circulation platform is very flexible and allows patients to make appointments by phone or text message (the advantage of this is that patients do not need to operate through a smartphone app). In addition, the platform will arrange appropriate vehicles for patients based on their specific needs (such as taking a wheelchair). Circulation's founding team members include John Brownstein, CIO of Boston Children's Hospital, and Leerom Segal, president and CEO of digital health agency Klick Health. John Brownstein said that about $6 billion a year spent on medical transportation, and transportation plays an important role in health care. Qingdao Beautiful Skin Biotechnology Co., Ltd , https://www.hafilleresthetic.com
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