Ride Care

What Ride Care does

Ride Care (legal entity RIDECARE Inc) is a privately held behavioral health transportation company headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma, founded in 2021. The company provides secure, clinically-informed, trauma-responsive, age-appropriate, and culturally competent ground transport for individuals requiring behavioral health, substance use, and medical care transitions. Services are categorized into scheduled, juvenile, crisis, and adult transport. Operations span five US states: Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.

Ride Care operates a strictly B2B, agency-initiated model. Transport requests are accepted only from authorized agencies, case workers, mental health facilities, law enforcement, hospitals, and clinics; direct requests from individual riders are explicitly rejected. The company maintains state-specific online request portals, a toll-free intake line (1.800.690.4305), and a Wix-hosted web presence. Select customers span state agencies, tribal entities, hospitals, behavioral health and substance use providers, and law enforcement. The company partners with state agencies and tribal entities on a strategic basis and serves healthcare providers and law enforcement as channel partners. The reported operating metrics for July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 include $2.27M in documented savings for law enforcement, 4.1 average miles per transport, and zero accidents, incidents, or claims.

The business model is a managed services/contracted transportation revenue stream, with government and institutional buyers as the primary commercial counterparties. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated through agency and facility agreements. The company has no disclosed funding rounds, no AI/ML capabilities, no app, no API, no patents, and no awards. Headcount is reported in the 11-50 range. Cert Small Business Administration (SBA) affiliation is indicated. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales targeting government agencies, healthcare facilities, and law enforcement.

Name

Ride Care

Legal name

RIDECARE Inc

Website

https://okridecare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ride Care is a privately held B2B behavioral health transportation company operating in five US states. It provides trauma-responsive, clinically-informed ground transport for state agencies, hospitals, behavioral health providers, tribal entities, and law enforcement, accepting only agency-initiated requests.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Transportation Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Ride-Hailing Platforms (TLAFAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical / Assisted Transport (Non-Emergency) (THADAEAJ)

Keywords

• Behavioral health transportation
• Mental health transport
• Crisis transport services
• Non-emergency medical transport
• Secure patient transport

Headquarters

HQ city

Norman

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transportation Services: Ride Care generates revenue through providing specialized mental health transportation services to institutional clients including state agencies, tribal entities, hospitals, behavioral health providers, and law enforcement. Services include scheduled transports, crisis response, juvenile transport, and adult transport. The B2B model involves contracted relationships with healthcare facilities and government agencies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ride Care provides secure, clinically informed transportation services for individuals needing behavioral health and crisis-related transport. The company transports clients to and from mental health support, sobriety services, and medical care using vehicles equipped with state-of-the-art safety features and a trained staff. Services are delivered exclusively to authorized agencies — state agencies, tribal entities, hospitals, behavioral health and substance use providers, law enforcement, and case workers — across five US states (Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma).

Product overview

Ride Care offers a single, unified mental health transportation service focused on providing safe, respectful, and compassionate transportation for individuals during vulnerable moments. The service operates across five states (Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma) and is accessed through a transport request system where agencies, case workers, mental health facilities, law enforcement, hospitals, and clinics submit requests on behalf of clients. Every transport is clinically informed, age-appropriate, trauma-responsive, and culturally competent.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mental Health Transportation Services Secure, clinically informed transportation service for individuals during behavioral health and crisis-related situations, transporting clients to and from mental health support, sobriety services, and medical care. The service is delivered exclusively to authorized institutional clients — state agencies, tribal entities, hospitals, behavioral health and substance use providers, law enforcement, case workers, and clinics — and is accessed through state-specific online request portals and a toll-free dispatch line. Every transport is designed to be clinically informed, age-appropriate, trauma-responsive, and culturally competent, with vehicles equipped with state-of-the-art safety features and a trained staff focused on safety and dignity.

Quantifiable outcome

• $2.27 million in savings for law enforcement (July 2024 - June 2025)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• State AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRide Care partners with state government agencies to provide contracted mental health transportation services across its operating states. These partnerships involve formalized agreements for transportation of state residents requiring behavioral health services.
• Tribal EntitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRide Care has established partnerships with tribal governments and tribal health organizations to provide culturally competent transportation services for tribal community members requiring behavioral health support.
• HospitalscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRide Care works with hospitals to transport patients to and from mental health support and medical care facilities. Hospitals serve as referral sources and coordinators for transportation services.
• Behavioral Health and Substance Use ProviderscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnerships with behavioral health facilities and substance use treatment providers to ensure safe transportation of patients to and from treatment services, sobriety services, and recovery appointments.
• Law Enforcement AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRide Care partners with law enforcement agencies to transport individuals during mental health-related situations. This partnership has generated documented savings of $2.27 million for law enforcement (July 2024 - June 2025), freeing officers from transport duties.
• Small Business Administration (SBA)minorOthersThe company displays the SBA logo indicating certification or participation in SBA programs for small business support.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Circulation Health: Circulation is an NEMT platform that connects healthcare providers and patients with rides through a national network. It is directly comparable to Ride Care as a digital coordination layer for non-emergency medical transportation serving institutional clients.
• WellRyde: WellRyde is an NEMT rideshare platform connecting healthcare facilities, brokers, and patients with vetted drivers. It is directly comparable to Ride Care as a technology-enabled non-emergency medical transportation platform serving institutional clients.
• Kaizen Health: Kaizen Health is a healthcare logistics platform providing non-emergency medical transportation to hospitals, health systems, and community organizations. It is directly comparable to Ride Care as a tech-enabled NEMT provider serving institutional healthcare clients.
• Roundtrip: Roundtrip provides a medical transportation coordination platform for healthcare providers and patients. It is directly comparable to Ride Care as a software-enabled medical ride-booking platform focused on non-emergency transport for vulnerable populations.

Broad incumbents

• MTM (Medical Transportation Management): MTM is one of the largest NEMT brokers in the US, managing Medicaid and state-contracted transportation programs. It is comparable to Ride Care as a government-contracted NEMT provider, though MTM operates broadly across all medical transport rather than specializing in behavioral health.
• Uber Health: Uber Health is the healthcare arm of Uber providing non-emergency medical rides to patients via the Uber platform. It is comparable to Ride Care as a provider of healthcare-related rides, though it operates at massive scale via a generalized ride-hailing network without specialization in behavioral health protocols.
• American Medical Response (AMR): AMR is one of the largest medical transportation companies in the US, providing emergency and non-emergency services including behavioral health transport. It is comparable to Ride Care as a medical transport provider serving government and healthcare contracts, though AMR's scope is much broader and includes emergency response.
• Modivcare: Modivcare (formerly LogistiCare) is a leading NEMT and personal care services broker serving Medicaid and managed care plans nationwide. It is comparable to Ride Care as a large-scale NEMT provider serving government and healthcare clients, though it spans a much broader service portfolio.
• Lyft Healthcare: Lyft Healthcare provides non-emergency medical transportation through Lyft's consumer ride-hailing platform, partnering with health plans and providers. It is comparable to Ride Care as a healthcare ride provider, though it lacks the trauma-informed, clinically-informed specialization Ride Care brings to behavioral health transport.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/okridecare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/okridecare
• Instagraminstagram.com/okridecare

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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