Uber Health bets on employers to cover workers’ medical transportation costs

The news: Uber Health is expanding into the employer market. The ride-hailing app’s self-insured employer customers will start to cover trips to the doctor’s office for their workers. Uber Health announced the move at last week’s HLTH conference, per Fierce Healthcare.

How we got here: Uber Health partners with providers, insurers, and other healthcare stakeholders to book non-emergency medical transportation for patients and provide rides for caregivers.

• For example, Uber Health recently teamed up with CVS Health to give consumers in underserved communities free rides to medical appointments.
• It also works with home health providers to give rides for home-based care staff to patients’ homes.
• Uber Health is also a covered benefit in some Medicare...