Medical transport company LogistiCare has partnered with CareFinders Total Care LLC, the largest non-medical home care agency in New Jersey, and Lyft to transport home health aides to their clients’ homes to combat transportation woes.

Home health aides can request on-demand Lyft rides through LogistiCare, minimizing the variables of unreliable public transportation schedules and fear of infection.

The new three-way partnership expands LogistiCare’s original contract with the New Jersey Department of Human Services, which began with transportation of Medicaid patients, to include the delivery of food and groceries in March and now transportation of certified home health aides to patient homes.

“Helping to transport essential home health aides to their jobs so they can provide critical care for home-bound patients and support the needs of their clients is gratifying for us and for our network of transportation providers,” said Chief Operating Officer Kenneth Wilson in a prepared statement. “This unique partnership demonstrates our desire to work collaboratively with organizations who need transportation resources to support and fulfill their missions.”

President &and CEO of the Home Care & Hospice Association of New Jersey Nancy Fitterer said she expects the initial program with CareFinders Total Care to expand with more agencies looking to LogistiCare to provide transportation for their home health aides.

“Never have we faced a bigger need to create unique and efficient transportation options for home health aides to reach the homes of their Medicaid patients,” Fitterer said in a prepared statement. “With what appears to be a long winter ahead faced with growing COVID-19 restrictions, we must continue to provide seamless, critical care to patients unable to leave their homes.”