For many people, transportation is a major barrier to receiving necessary screenings and care. Below is a list of services that may be helpful for you and your patients.
For Pennsylvania residents, the Medical Assistance Transportation Program run through the Department of Human Services is a particularly comprehensive resource.
Capital Area Transport Share-A-Ride: provides transport to senior citizens, those with disabilities, and other members of Dauphin County.
- Locations covered: Dauphin County
- Phone number: 717-232-6100
Center for Community Building: provides non-emergency medical transport to and from the Hamilton Health Center in Harrisburg, PA.
- Locations covered: services Dauphin County
- Phone number: 717-232-9880 (freephone) or 800-309-8905 (telephone)
Corporate Angel Network: helps transport cancer patients to hospitals by pairing patients with empty seats on private and corporate planes to those who need it, free of cost.
- Phone number: 914-328-1313
Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging: a network of nine community-based transportation programs for residents of Dauphin county who are over the age of 60.
- Locations covered: Middle Paxton Township, Derry Township, East Hanover Township, Hummelstown, Londonderry, Lower Paxton, Middletown, Susquehanna Township, Swatara, Steelton, Enhaut, Bressler, Oberlin,West Hanover Township
- Phone number: 717-780-6130
Dauphin Area Senior Transport: provides transportation for senior residents.
- Locations covered: Dauphin and Middle Paxton Township area
- Phone number: 717-921-2253
Derry Township People Movers: provides transportation to citizens of Derry Township who are over age 60.
- Locations covered: transportation for those residing in Derry Township
- Phone number: 717-533-3642
Hearts-n-Hands: provides assistance with day-to-day activities (including transportation) for those undergoing cancer treatment.
- Locations in Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, and Manheim
- Phone number: 717-258-3438 (Carlisle), 717-918-4790 (Mechanicsburg), or 717-823-6077/717-944-9807 (Manheim)
Highmark PALS (People Able to Lend Support): provides transportation and assistance with other everyday tasks to those in need who are under the following Medicare plans: Security Blue HMO, Community Blue Medicare HMO, Freedom Blue PPO, Medigap Blue.
- Locations covered: certain counties in Pennsylvania and West Virginia
- Phone number: 1-800-988-0706
LogistiCare: an organization that is able to help with transportation to and from appointments, as well as facilitating integrated health services in patients’ homes.
- Locations covered: covers most states; Pennsylvania Operations Center is located in Philadelphia
- Phone number: 1-877-835-7412 (for Pennsylvania)
Londonderry Township V.I.P. Van Service: a volunteer-run service that transports seniors and handicapped residents to their appointments.
- Locations covered: runs out of Middletown, PA
- Phone number: 717-944-1777
Medical Assistance Transportation Program: run by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, MATP provides transportation to medical appointments to Medical Assistance participants who do not have available transportation. Can assist with public transportation, mileage reimbursement, and paratransit services.
- Locations covered: Pennsylvania
- Phone number: 717-232-7009 (Dauphin County)
Med-Van Transport: based in west-central PA, Med-Van Transport provides non-emergency transport, including for patients that use a wheelchair or stretcher.
- Locations covered: west-central PA (based in Northern Cambria). Includes Elk, Jefferson, Clearfield, Centre, Indiana, Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, Fulton, Bedford, and Somerset counties (as well as some in Clarion, Armstrong, Allegheny, and Westmoreland)
- Phone number: 1-888-633-9995
Road to Recovery: run through the American Cancer Society, Road to Recovery links cancer patients to volunteer drivers who will bring them to and from treatment. Requires notice 4 business days in advance.
- Phone number: 1-800-227-2345
RoundTrip: provides healthcare professionals with a web-based portal and mobile platform that connects patients with on-demand, non-emergency medical transportation, including medical cars, wheelchair vans, and stretcher vehicles.
- Locations covered:
- Phone number: 508-916-6887
Susquehanna Township Indian Wheels Senior Transportation: able to provide transportation for senior citizens of Susquehanna Township,
- Locations covered: within a 10-mile radius of Susquehanna Township
- Phone number: 717-909-9254
West Hanover Township Gopher Senior Citizen Van: provides transportation for residents of West Hanover Township who are over the age of 60.
- Locations covered: must be a resident of West Hanover Township
- Phone number: 717-652-1702
