{"id":4019,"date":"2017-04-10T08:57:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/nyforseniors\/?p=4019"},"modified":"2017-04-10T08:57:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:57:42","slug":"national-medtrans-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/nyforseniors\/national-medtrans-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyft Provides Simple Solution For NYC Seniors To Get To Their Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Original Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/01\/12\/lyft-announces-partnership-to-help-seniors-without-smartphones-get-around\/\">TechCrunch \/ Lucas Matney<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft have always been awesome at empowering people without viable forms of transportation to get around. A key demographic that\u2019s been left out of reaping these benefits, however, is\u00a0the nation\u2019s senior citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Lyft announced a partnership with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natmedtrans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">National MedTrans Network<\/a> that will provide seniors\u00a0in NYC\u00a0a simpler way to get rides to non-emergency medical appointments. To do this, the Lyft at Work team has introduced a slick-looking, third-party web application called Concierge that allows its partners to call Lyfts online on\u00a0the behalf of someone who may not have a smartphone to do it themselves.<\/p>\n<p>For seniors that have a tough time getting around or\u00a0are maybe staying behind the wheel a little longer than they should, Lyft could be a major opportunity for them to maintain a bit more independence. Here\u2019s the problem, though: More than a quarter of Americans that are 65-plus don\u2019t own a smartphone and that percentage only increases as ages do. Apps are also generally a difficult concept for some elderly people to get used to no matter how intuitive the UI is.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1261394\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/69194b05-320b-4e0c-abc1-6a53715b3a2d.png?w=886&amp;h=547\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/69194b05-320b-4e0c-abc1-6a53715b3a2d.png 886w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/69194b05-320b-4e0c-abc1-6a53715b3a2d.png?w=150&amp;h=93 150w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/69194b05-320b-4e0c-abc1-6a53715b3a2d.png?w=300&amp;h=185 300w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/69194b05-320b-4e0c-abc1-6a53715b3a2d.png?w=768&amp;h=474 768w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/69194b05-320b-4e0c-abc1-6a53715b3a2d.png?w=680&amp;h=420 680w\" alt=\"69194b05-320b-4e0c-abc1-6a53715b3a2d\" width=\"886\" height=\"547\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lyft.com\/posts\/nationalmedtrans-concierge\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a>, Lyft says that around 3.6 million Americans miss or have to delay medical care because they don\u2019t have the transportation to get where they need to go. With this effort, Lyft hopes to help seniors in NYC get used to the lingo their grandkids have been using when they talk about grabbing a Lyft. But more seriously it may also give Lyft an opportunity to see the full potential of Concierge, which could plausibly have major market potential as Lyft for Work looks to increase their partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>Lyft says it\u2019s\u00a0already fulfilling 2,500 rides a week through the service, but\u00a0Billy McKee, president of National Medtrans Network, details in the blog post that\u00a0he plans to increase that number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing transportation-as-a-service like this, the health plans and government agencies we partner with are significantly reducing fraud, saving costs, and improving the patient experience,\u201d said McKee. \u201cWe provide over 25,000 livery trips per week in NYC, and our goal is to push all of those through Lyft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original Source: TechCrunch \/ Lucas Matney Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft have always been awesome at empowering people without viable forms of transportation to get around. A key demographic that\u2019s been left out of reaping these benefits, however, is\u00a0the nation\u2019s senior citizens. Today, Lyft announced a partnership with the National MedTrans Network that will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5795,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lyft Provides Simple Solution For NYC Seniors To Get To Their Appointments - New York for Seniors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/nyforseniors\/national-medtrans-network\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lyft Provides Simple Solution For NYC Seniors To Get To Their Appointments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Original Source: TechCrunch \/ Lucas Matney Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft have always been awesome at empowering people without viable forms of transportation to get around. 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