State rejects challenge of $1B Medicaid transportation contract to Colorado company

By Kaitlyn Budion, Maine Public

The Bureau of General Services has upheld the decision to award transportation contracts for Medicaid patients to an out-of-state company.

In October, the Department of Health and Human Services awarded Colorado-based Modivcare contracts for all Maine counties to transport Medicaid patients with no other way to get to medical appointments.

Penquis Community Action Agency and Waldo Community Action Program appealed the decision, arguing that the scoring system on which the award was based was flawed and unfair.

The bureau disagreed and validated the contract. Any further appeals of the decision would go to Maine’s Superior Court.

This article appears through a media partnership with Maine Public.