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A man with a cooking passion since childhood. High school friends who bonded over a chemistry project. A former EMT whose on-the-ground experience triggered a desire to figure out a better way to get patients to medical appointments. They are among the Inquirer’s 2018 Stellar StartUps winners. From nearly 100 contenders, winners in nine categories…

Non-emergency medical transportation services are in for a turbulent ride in states seeking to use waivers under the Affordable Care Act to trim Medicaid rolls and available benefits. The Trump administration is urging states to consider Medicaid waivers to cut costs by imposing work requirements that could throw recipients off the state-federal insurance program. That’s…

Getting transportation to and from medical appointments can be a problem for some people, and a costly one for the healthcare system. “One of the biggest costs for a hospital or health system is when a patient does not show up to an appointment,” said Ankit Mathur, the co-founder and chief technology officer of RoundTrip,…

As America’s baby boomers are hitting 65 at a rate of 10,000 a day, and healthier lifestyles are keeping them in their homes longer, demand is escalating for a little talked-about — yet critical — health care-related job: Transporting people to and from nonemergency medical appointments. “It’s going to become a massive phenomena,” said Ken…