Founder

A note from Robert Hayes.

"In 2013, my own grandmother was discharged from the hospital and waited four hours for a wheelchair van that never came. She ended up in a cab she couldn't safely get into. I left my logistics job at Christiana Care six months later and bought our first van with a small business loan."

"Today, we run nine vehicles and a team of twenty-three EMTs and drivers. But the rule hasn't changed: if it's not good enough for my grandmother, it's not good enough for your family member."

— Robert Hayes, Founder & CEO

Milestones

Eleven years, in short.

  1. 2014 — One van, one driver. Robert begins operations from a leased garage on Renwick Drive with a single wheelchair-accessible Ford van.
  2. 2016 — First BLS license. Keystone earns its Pennsylvania Basic Life Support transport license and hires two certified EMTs.
  3. 2019 — Five-vehicle fleet. A contract with three skilled nursing facilities allows expansion to five vans and a dedicated dispatch office.
  4. 2021 — HIPAA & bariatric upgrade. All vehicles refit with bariatric lifts and locked PHI tablets for paperless trip sheets.
  5. 2024 — 12,000th completed ride. Keystone crosses twelve thousand patient rides with a 4.9 family-satisfaction rating.
  6. 2025 — Same family, same promise. Still independently owned. Still answering the phone ourselves.
Values

Four things we will not cut corners on.

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Punctuality

Our dispatchers build a 10-minute buffer into every pickup. Late is unacceptable.

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Dignity

We knock. We introduce ourselves. We never rush a transfer. Patients are people first.

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Safety

Monthly vehicle inspections, quarterly EMT recerts, zero-tolerance drug & alcohol policy.

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Clarity

No hidden fees. We quote in writing before pickup and bill insurance in-house.