What MMT Ambulance does

MMT Ambulance (legal name Midwest Medical Transport, Inc.) is a private, for-profit healthcare services company that provides patient ambulance transportation exclusively to large hospital systems and health networks across the United States. Founded in 1987 (per firmographics) or 1989 (per company history) in Nebraska, the company employs more than 2,800 emergency medicine professionals and describes itself as one of the country's largest EMS providers, with a 35+ year operating history. Its core service is interfacility transport (IFT) delivered through tiered clinical capabilities: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS), Critical Care Transport (CCT), and Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) services covering complex cases including ECMO, IABP, Impella, and high-risk obstetrics.

The operating backbone is the proprietary RideMMT technology platform, which provides EHR-integrated online ordering, real-time GPS vehicle tracking, performance dashboards, and automated generation of billing and transfer documentation. MMT uses dedicated fleet, staff, and management per health system partner rather than a shared, fragmented-vendor model, and embeds itself in the hospital's clinical and operational workflow through purpose-built partnerships. The company is led by Chairman and CEO Kevin Ketzel, President Ed Matteson, CFO Brian Lohrding, CIO David Koopmans, CHRO Janis Hardie, VP of Marketing Suzie Manella, and Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Bonta (board-certified in EMS, joined 2014).

MMT generates revenue through multi-year contractual relationships with health system partners, with customized pricing based on each system's operational, clinical, and regulatory requirements. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales targeting health system leadership, supported by a "Request a Current State Assessment" lead-conversion process on its website. Distribution is single-channel and direct; the company does not serve individual consumers. Revenue figures, funding history, and detailed customer concentration are not publicly disclosed, and the company operates as a privately held, independent entity with no disclosed institutional ownership or parent company.

Name

MMT Ambulance

Legal name

Midwest Medical Transport, Inc.

Website

https://mmtamb.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

MMT Ambulance is a private U.S. EMS provider that delivers dedicated interfacility patient transport, including BLS, ALS, Critical Care, and MICU services, exclusively to large hospital systems through multi-year enterprise contracts backed by its RideMMT technology platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Transportation Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Interfacility Transport (IFT) & Patient Transfer Services (HLAFANAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ambulance Fleet, Equipment & Logistics Services (HLAFANAN), Critical Care Transport (CCT) & Specialty Transport Teams (HLAFANAE)

Keywords

• Ambulance transport services
• Interfacility patient transport
• Emergency medical services
• Critical care transport
• Mobile intensive care

Headquarters

HQ city

Omaha

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Ambulance Transport Services: MMT Ambulance generates revenue through providing patient ambulance transportation services to health systems. The company offers interfacility transport (IFT) services at multiple levels including Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS), Critical Care Transport (CCT), and Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) services. Revenue is generated through contractual relationships with health system partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

MMT Ambulance provides dedicated patient ambulance transportation services to large health systems, including interfacility transport at multiple service levels: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS), Critical Care Transport (CCT), and Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU). Services are delivered via purpose-built, dedicated fleet partnerships supported by the proprietary RideMMT technology platform featuring EHR-integrated ordering, real-time GPS tracking, and performance dashboards.

Product overview

MMT Ambulance is a patient ambulance transportation company operating as a single unified service offering with multiple service levels. The core offering is Interfacility Transport (IFT), supported by Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) service tiers. Specialized offerings include Critical Care Transport (CCT) for complex medical needs and Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) for high-acuity patients. The RideMMT technology platform provides real-time tracking, EHR integration, and performance dashboards across all services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interfacility Transport (IFT) MMT's flagship service for transporting patients between healthcare facilities, including bed capacity transfers, hospital-to-hospital transfers, higher level of care transfers, and emergency department transfers. Targeted at health systems seeking integrated interfacility transport solutions.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) provide stabilization and safe transport for patients ranging from non-emergency routine medical transports to life-threatening emergencies. Targeted at health systems needing standard patient transport capability.
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) Highly trained paramedics provide advanced medical care during transport, including cardiac monitoring, SPO2 monitoring, IV medications, and ACLS interventions. Targeted at health systems requiring higher-acuity transport capability.
• Critical Care Transport (CCT) Specialized transport for patients with complex medical needs requiring higher level of care, including blood products management, ventilator management, invasive monitoring, and advanced airway management. Targeted at health systems serving complex patient populations.
• Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) Comprehensive MICU services for high-acuity patients including on-site program management, dedicated drivers, custom-built hospital-branded ambulances, and specialized transport for ECMO, IABP, Impella, and high-risk obstetrics. Targeted at health systems serving the highest-acuity patients requiring ICU-level transport.
• RideMMT Technology platform providing real-time dashboards, transport tracking, and transparent performance reporting to monitor response times and service quality, with EHR-integrated ordering, real-time ETAs, and automatic generation of billing and transfer documentation. Targeted at health system partners needing operational visibility and integration with hospital workflows.

Quantifiable outcome

• Transport requests processed in under 60 seconds through online scheduling portal
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Health SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMMT Ambulance partners exclusively with health systems as their dedicated ambulance transport provider. These partnerships are purpose-built relationships where MMT provides invested capital, leadership, and expertise to create customized transport programs. Health system partners have programmatic input and receive strong engagement from MMT leaders at all levels. The company prioritizes health system partners because their calls are the top priority.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Falck USA: Falck is the second-largest private U.S. ambulance operator (subsidiary of Denmark-based Falck A/S), focused on interfacility and contracted ambulance transport for hospitals and municipalities. Closely comparable to MMT on customer type and service model.
• Priority Ambulance: Priority Ambulance is a private, growth-focused EMS company operating across multiple U.S. states with similar 911, interfacility, and critical care transport offerings and B2B health system contracts.
• Acadian Ambulance Service: Acadian is one of the largest private, employee-owned ambulance companies in the U.S., offering BLS, ALS, CCT, helicopter, and EMS communications — comparable to MMT across service tiers and enterprise health system contracts.
• Abbott EMS (formerly Rural-Metro): Abbott EMS (formerly Rural-Metro Ambulance) provides BLS, ALS, CCT, and specialty interfacility transport contracts across multiple U.S. states, making it a like-for-like ground ambulance peer to MMT.
• American Medical Response (AMR): AMR is the largest private ground ambulance provider in the U.S., operating across 40+ states with a similar mix of emergency and interfacility transport contracts with hospitals, municipalities, and health systems. Directly comparable to MMT in core service lines, scale, and customer type.
• Medic Ambulance (Medic One): Medic Ambulance is a private ambulance provider in California offering interfacility transport, BLS, ALS, and CCT services to health systems — directly comparable to MMT's core IFT-centric model.

Emerging players

• DocGo: DocGo is a tech-enabled mobile health and non-emergency medical transportation company focused on health system partnerships; it represents an emerging technology-led model that overlaps with the IFT/nEMT portions of MMT's business.
• Hospitals / IDNs running captive transport programs (e.g., CommonSpirit, HCA): Large integrated delivery networks increasingly operate their own interfacility transport programs, representing both current customers and potential disintermediating competitors to MMT's outsourced-partnership model.

Regional players

• MedStar Mobile Healthcare: MedStar is the exclusive EMS provider for Fort Worth and surrounding areas, integrating ground ambulance with mobile integrated health programs. Comparable in operating model but region-locked rather than national like MMT.

Broad incumbents

• Global Medical Response: Global Medical Response is the parent of AMR and other air and ground medical transport brands, making it the largest U.S. medical transport consolidator. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering the same ambulance services as MMT plus air medical and fire/EMS management.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/midwmedical
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/midwest-medical-transport

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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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