How to Start an Independent Emergency Medical Transportation Business
People who are wheelchair or stretcher bound move slowly and need assistance getting from one destination to another and need attention to make sure they're safely where they need to be. Emergency medical transportation businesses may be considered non-emergency, but are important to ones who are elderly and disabled. Trying to work at an established emergency medical transportation business is great, but being your own boss and working for your own emergency medical transportation business independently could be a great business move.
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Create a business proposal. Choose what your independent emergency medical transportation business will be catering to. Decide if it'll be transporting the disabled and elderly back and forth to appointments, transporting patients after their surgeries or for those who aren't in any position to drive at all. Include an itemized list on how your startup funds will be used.
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Apply for your business license and fictitious business name for your emergency medical transportation business at your local county or city clerk's office. You'll need your driver's license with your current address, a contact number and your social security number. Go to the IRS website and apply for an Employer Identification Number (EIN). You'll need your emergency medical transportation business's name and your social security number. After completing and submitting the IRS-Form SS-4, you'll immediately receive your EIN for your emergency medical transportation business.
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Call local emergency rooms and hospitals in your area. Ask to speak to the manager to inquire if they're interested in medical transportation for your patients. To begin your independent emergency medical transportation business, commit to one hospital or emergency room.
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Purchase a vehicle for your independent emergency medical transportation business. The vehicle should be easy for disabled and elderly patients to maneuver and operate, such as a van with an automated ramp for ones that use wheelchairs and have issues walking. Vans would be beneficial because you can carry more than one patient at a time. Go to financial institutions that provide business loans with low-interest rates like credit unions to help with your startup funds.
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Buy automobile insurance for your vehicle that you'll be using for your independent emergency medical transportation business. Check the insurance laws in your local area. If you owe monthly on the vehicle, you may have to buy full coverage insurance. For vehicles that are paid in full, the minimum amount of insurance you may be able to purchase is liability coverage.
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Decide on your rates and services. To calculate your rates, include fuel, insurance, payroll for employees and vehicle maintenance, if any. Add your service fee. Decide if your independent emergency medical transportation business will charge the client of the hospital or emergency room your business is working on behalf of.
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Hire a part-time employee for your business. Your employee for your independent emergency medical transportation business must have a valid driver's license and social security number, with experience working with the elderly and disabled. He or she will be responsible for transporting employees and providing customer care such as placing patients in and out their wheelchairs and getting them in and out of the vehicle. The founder is responsible for payroll, making weekly schedules, deposits and administrative work.
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Advertise your business. Post fliers with your independent emergency medical transportation business's name, location, phone number and email at local doctors' offices and hospitals. Buy business cards to give to prospects you tell about your business by word of mouth. Create ads and place them in local medical publications and newspapers.
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