Partnering to Reduce Missed Medical Appointments, Pierre, SD

River Cities Public Transit and Avera St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre partnered to offer a non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) service. Through this service, patients pay for their rides to and from medical appointments based on distance and type of health insurance. This service offers rides to patients within a 75-mile radius of Pierre. This radius includes 11 primarily rural counties and five American Indian reservations.

Both River Cities Public Transit and Avera support this pilot with an Integrated Mobility Innovation Grant from the Federal Transit Administration.