Riders for Health

What Riders for Health does

Riders for Health is a privately held, for-profit company headquartered in Chicago, United States, that the firm describes as providing "Managed Health Transportation in the last mile." The company was founded in 1996 and maintains a website at riders.org, signaling a multi-decade operating history in the United States healthcare logistics sector. Its positioning suggests an operating focus on the final stage of healthcare delivery — moving medical supplies, specimens, medications, or patients between healthcare facilities and end recipients — a category often associated with high logistical complexity including time-sensitivity, cold-chain requirements, and regulatory compliance.

The underlying technology stack, core platform, proprietary features, and product architecture are not disclosed in the available data, and the firm has not published details on software platforms, fleet management systems, or analytics capabilities it may operate. No certifications, patents, trademarks, awards, or recognized accreditations are listed in the source material, and there is no indication of partnerships, alliances, or named customers that would illuminate the operational footprint.

The company's revenue model, pricing structure, go-to-motion, and customer segmentation are likewise undocumented in the provided input. There are no details on whether customers are government health agencies, hospital systems, pharmaceutical manufacturers, NGOs, or a mix; no contract or volume signals; and no headcount, office locations, or geographic operating footprint data points. As a result, the firm's business mechanics cannot be characterized with confidence from the supplied evidence, and the absence of funding history, M&A activity, or disclosed financials further limits inference about scale and capitalization.

Name

Riders for Health

Website

https://riders.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Riders for Health is a privately held, for-profit healthcare logistics company founded in 1996 and headquartered in Chicago, United States, that focuses on managed health transportation in the last mile, serving healthcare delivery counterparties requiring specialized medical transport services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Logistics Services

NAICS

Special Needs Transportation (485991), Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (48599), Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (485)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700), Services-Health Services (8000), Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) & Wheelchair/Stretcher Transport (HLAFANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Ride-Hailing Platforms (TLAFAIAF), On-Demand Ride-Hailing Aggregators (Multi-Sided TNC Marketplaces) (TLAFAIAA), Corporate & Employee On-Demand Ride Programs (Managed Mobility) (THAIAGAI), Transportation & Errands (Non-Emergency) (HLADAGAF)

Keywords

• Healthcare transportation services
• Medical logistics
• Last mile delivery
• Patient transport services
• Healthcare supply chain

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Riders for Health provides managed health transportation services focused on the last mile of healthcare delivery. The company operates as a for-profit logistics provider connecting the final stage of medical product or patient movement between healthcare facilities, patients, and points of care. Its offering centers on outsourced transportation management tailored to healthcare-sector customers in the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Managed Health Transportation

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Emerging players

• Roundtrip: Booking and coordination platform for medical and NEMT rides connecting payers, providers, and transport suppliers; an emerging tech-enabled peer in the same managed-rides category.
• Kaizen Health: Tech platform coordinating on-demand patient and senior transportation for hospitals, health systems, and communities; comparable as a software-enabled managed transport operator.

Direct peers

• Uber Health: Uber's healthcare coordination product offering rides for medical appointments; a direct on-demand competitor in coordinated NEMT and patient transport.
• Modivcare: Largest US NEMT broker and integrated personal-care manager; directly comparable as a managed health-transportation platform serving Medicaid and managed-care payers across multiple states.
• WellTrans: NEMT coordination and managed ride provider focused on Medicaid and senior populations; comparable regional managed-transport operator.
• Veyo: Tech-enabled NEMT broker operating state Medicaid contracts; comparable as a managed, technology-driven health transportation platform.
• American Logistics: NEMT and managed transportation broker serving Medicaid and managed-care plans; directly comparable in scale, customer type, and managed-rides model.
• MTM (Medical Transportation Management): Major NEMT broker coordinating non-emergency rides for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage members; directly comparable business model and customer base.
• Lyft Healthcare: Healthcare arm of Lyft providing non-emergency medical rides to health plans and providers; competes for the same managed-care NEMT contracts Riders for Health targets.
• Access2Care: NEMT broker coordinating non-emergency medical rides for managed-care and Medicaid members; directly comparable managed health transportation peer.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RidersforHealth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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