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Lancaster, Massachusetts

Medical Transportation in Lancaster, MA

Wheelchair, stretcher, stair chair, and ambulatory medical rides for Lancaster families, from South Lancaster to North Village. Door through door service, four point tie downs, Stryker stretchers, and powered chairs up to 600 pounds. Private pay, exact fare quoted first.

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Medical transportation in Lancaster, MA means prescheduled ground transport, without an ambulance, that carries patients to appointments, treatments, and discharges in a wheelchair van, a stretcher vehicle, or an accessible sedan. FedNor Transportation, LLC runs all three ride types into and out of Lancaster's villages, from Lancaster Center to South Lancaster, dispatched from 945 Concord Street in Framingham. Our drivers are background checked, drug tested, CPR certified, and trained in four point wheelchair securement, and our vans carry powered chairs up to 600 pounds that most operators in the area turn away. Call 781.552.4559, seven days a week from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Our Services

What Medical Transportation Services Does FedNor Offer in Lancaster?

FedNor operates six medical transportation service lines for Lancaster patients, and every one of them runs door through door rather than curb to curb. Lancaster's historic homes near the town green and the rural farmhouses off Route 70 both put a long driveway, steps, or a tight walkway between the patient and the vehicle. Our drivers meet the passenger at the front door, manage the ramp and the threshold, and walk them to the check in desk at the other end.

Wheelchair Transportation

ADA compliant vans with four point tie downs for manual, power, tilt in space, and bariatric wheelchairs. The passenger stays in their own chair from pickup door to appointment door.

Powered and Heavy Wheelchair Transport

Powered wheelchairs, tilt in space chairs, bariatric chairs, and motorized scooters up to 600 pounds with four point securement. Most area operators decline these chairs. We do not.

Stretcher and Stair Chair Service

Professional Stryker stretchers with a trained attendant for patients who cannot sit upright, plus stair chair assistance for walk ups, split entries, and narrow staircases.

Ambulatory and Senior Transportation

Accessible vehicles with full driver assistance at both ends for passengers who walk with a cane, walker, or crutches. Door through door, on your schedule.

Recurring Dialysis, Infusion, and Therapy Schedules

Standing schedules for dialysis, chemotherapy, radiation, infusion, wound care, and physical therapy. Same driver, same vehicle, same pickup window, every session.

Hospital Discharge and Inter Facility Transfers

Same day discharge pickups when the hospital calls in the afternoon. Contracted facility service with priority scheduling for skilled nursing homes and rehabilitation centers.

Wheelchair Service

Do You Offer Wheelchair Transportation in Lancaster?

Our ADA compliant vans carry Lancaster wheelchair users in their own chairs, secured by four point tie downs, from the pickup door to the appointment door. Nobody transfers out of their chair, because transfers are where fractures, shoulder injuries, and falls happen. Tell us the chair type, the chair weight, and whether stairs sit between the door and the street, and we assign the right vehicle before the morning of the ride.

Heavy chairs do not disqualify a rider. FedNor carries powered wheelchairs, tilt in space chairs, bariatric chairs, and motorized scooters up to 600 pounds with four point securement. A Lancaster rider who has been told twice that their chair is too heavy has a working answer here: one phone call, chair weight confirmed, van dispatched.

FedNor driver guiding a wheelchair rider onto the van ramp
FedNor driver carrying a folded powered stair chair to the van
Stretcher Service

Can Patients Travel on a Stretcher in Lancaster?

Lancaster patients who cannot sit upright travel on professional Stryker stretchers with a trained attendant on board. Discharge planners at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster use this service for scheduled discharges, inter facility transfers to rehabilitation centers, and long distance supine moves.

The attendant confirms positioning with facility staff, locks the stretcher into the vehicle system, monitors comfort for the full trip, and completes a staff to staff handoff at the receiving desk. For Lancaster's older farmhouses with narrow staircases, our stair chair service moves a patient safely from an upstairs bedroom to the vehicle before the stretcher or wheelchair leg of the trip begins.

The Basics

What Is Non Emergency Medical Transportation in Lancaster?

Non emergency medical transportation, shortened to NEMT, covers prescheduled ground transport for patients whose condition rules out a car, a taxi, a rideshare, or a bus route, but who need no ambulance. Lancaster riders reach for it for dialysis, chemotherapy, radiation, wound care, post surgical follow ups, behavioral health appointments, adult day health programs, and hospital discharges.

How Does NEMT Differ from Other Lancaster Transport Options?

  • Rideshare apps carry no lift, no tie downs, no wait, and no escort past the curb, and rural Lancaster gets few drivers to begin with.
  • Montachusett Regional Transit Authority bus routes end at a stop rather than a front door, and coverage in Lancaster is limited.
  • Lancaster Council on Aging van programs are limited in hours and geography, and they do not carry stretchers.
  • Ambulance transport answers emergencies and bills at emergency rates.

How Does FedNor Fill the Gap?

FedNor fills the gap between those options: scheduled, accessible, door through door, priced upfront, and available across town lines. Private pay riders book directly with a transportation company and skip the middleman.

NEMT is not an ambulance service. NEMT vehicles carry no paramedics and no clinical monitoring equipment. A life threatening condition in Lancaster requires a 911 call to the Lancaster Fire Department, not a van booking. FedNor Transportation is a private pay provider: rides are booked directly with us or billed to a partner facility, with rates quoted upfront and payment due upfront.

Eligibility

Who Books and Pays for Lancaster Rides?

FedNor is a private pay provider, which means Lancaster families, facilities, and case managers book directly and pay by the trip with no middleman in between. Four rider groups fit this model:

  1. 1Patients whose health insurance carries no transportation benefit.
  2. 2Families arranging hospital discharge rides, surgical drop offs, or post procedure pickups on short notice.
  3. 3Facilities such as skilled nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and law firms that bill trips to an account.
  4. 4Riders who want door through door service, a specific pickup time, or a same day booking that rideshare apps and transit cannot deliver.

Because FedNor is private pay, you deal directly with us. You call, we quote the exact fare, and the vehicle is dispatched. Payment is due upfront, and one companion rides free.

Where We Go

Where Does FedNor Transport Lancaster Patients?

FedNor delivers Lancaster riders to appointments inside the town and across the Central Massachusetts and Boston medical corridor. The heaviest destination near Lancaster is UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, and from there our regular runs continue to Emerson Hospital, MetroWest Medical Center, and the Longwood Medical Area.

UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospital, Leominster Campus60 Hospital Road, Leominster, MA 01453
Massachusetts General Hospital55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114
Brigham and Women's Hospital75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital300 First Avenue, Charlestown, MA 02129
Booking

How Do I Book a Lancaster Medical Ride?

1

Call 781.552.4559 or submit the online ride request

Reach us seven days a week, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with same day availability on most requests.

2

Answer five questions

How the patient moves, whether stairs sit at the pickup address, whether a wheelchair or stretcher comes along, how long the appointment runs, and whether a family member rides along. Those five answers decide the vehicle and the driver.

3

Lock the fare

We quote the exact price on that call, before dispatch and before payment.

4

Confirm the pickup window

Book 24 hours ahead for routine Lancaster appointments, and call us anyway for same day requests, because we will tell you on the phone whether we can be there today.

Recurring riders skip steps two through four after the first booking. Standing schedules hold the same driver and vehicle for every session.

Service Hours

What Are Your Service Hours?

Monday through Sunday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Early morning dialysis and infusion routes available

Door through door assistance on every trip

Same day response on most ride requests

945 Concord Street, Framingham, MA 01701

781.552.4559

Included

What Is Included with Every Lancaster Ride?

Every FedNor trip from a Lancaster address carries the same package at the quoted price. The outcome families describe most often is the one that matters: the ride shows up when it said it would, the patient arrives at the right entrance, and nobody spends the morning on the phone.

Door through door assistance from the front door, never the curb aloneAn escort into the lobby and to the check in deskFour point tie down securement for manual, powered, and bariatric chairsOne companion or family member riding freeBackground checked, drug tested, CPR certified drivers trained in mobility assistanceClean, climate controlled, inspected vehiclesAn exact fare confirmed before you book
Coverage

Which Lancaster Neighborhoods and Nearby Towns Do You Cover?

FedNor picks up in every Lancaster village and zip code, from Lancaster Center and South Lancaster through North Village. Beyond the town line, we serve Clinton, Bolton, Sterling, Harvard, Leominster, and Berlin. Lancaster riders headed anywhere in Greater Boston, MetroWest, or out of state on a long distance transfer travel on the same terms.

Which Lancaster Zip Codes Do You Serve?

Lancaster, MA 01523

Which Lancaster Neighborhoods Do You Pick Up In?

South LancasterLancaster CenterNorth Village

Which Towns Near Lancaster Do You Cover?

Clinton, MABolton, MASterling, MAHarvard, MALeominster, MABerlin, MA

Neighboring service area pages: medical transportation in Framingham, medical transportation in Sudbury, medical transportation in Natick. See every town we cover on our service areas page.

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Ready to Book

Ready to Book Your Lancaster Medical Ride?

Call FedNor Transportation at 781.552.4559 for a Lancaster wheelchair van, stretcher vehicle, stair chair assist, or ambulatory ride, seven days a week from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Tell us the pickup address, the destination, and the appointment time, and we will quote your exact fare on that call. Email Contactus@Fednortransportation.com or submit the online ride request for standing dialysis, infusion, and therapy schedules. Local dispatch at 945 Concord Street, Framingham, MA 01701. Powered and heavy wheelchairs welcome.