A Houston family, moving Houston families.
Founded in 2006 by Rodney Baker and still family-run today. Black-owned, Houston-grown, and known across the metro for showing up on time, treating patients like our own, and answering the phone ourselves.
Our Mission
To move Houston's most vulnerable patients the way we'd want our own family moved.
A Believers EMS was started in 2006 by a Black entrepreneur, Rodney Baker, around one conviction: the elderly, the bed-confined, the dialysis patients of this city deserve a transport company that shows up when it says it will and treats them like people, not pickups.
Twenty years later, that conviction is still the whole business. The name is not a brand — it is the staff. We believe in our patients, in their families, in our community, and in the simple discipline of doing this job right.
Vision
To remain the Houston transport company that patients ask for by name — the one where you actually reach the family on the phone, the one that shows up on time, the one your grandmother trusts.
Values
- Dignity first. Every patient, every transport, every time.
- Family-run, family-felt. Owners on the phone. Owners on the road.
- Punctual to the minute. Reviewers say it best: "Never late."
- Rooted in community. Black-owned, Houston-grown, neighbor-served.
- Honest billing. Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance — we do the paperwork.
Our History
Fourteen years. One mission.
A timeline of the moments that shaped us — from one ambulance in a Houston garage to one of Texas's most trusted private EMS providers.
2006
NPI enumerated
Rodney Baker registers A Believers EMS LLC with CMS — National Provider Identifier #1235213786 issued October 24, 2006. The Texas DSHS ambulance license #800182 follows.
2008
First transports
Operations begin in earnest from the Bammel North Houston headquarters. Texas Medicaid enrollment confirmed (#184618001). The first Houston families and skilled nursing facilities become repeat clients.
2010s
Family business takes shape
Rodney's son Rod joins the operation. The two run dispatch, billing and the rigs as a true family business — the model the company has kept ever since.
Recent
Recognition
Featured on MyBestHouston's "20 Best Private Ambulance Services in Houston" list. 5-star aggregate rating across Yelp and YellowPages from patients, families and discharge teams.
2026
Permit renewed
Houston Health Department ambulance provider permit reaffirmed through March 2026. Still Black-owned, still family-run, still answering the phone ourselves.
2026
Today
Two decades into the work, A Believers EMS is the Houston transport service patients ask for by name. We move dialysis patients, lab visits, hospital discharges and inter-facility transfers every week across the Greater Houston metro.
Our Team
A small Houston crew, a big Houston heart.
A Believers EMS is a tight operation by design — about seven of us total, family at the top, BLS-certified crew on the road, billing handled in-house. When you call, you reach a person who knows your transport. That is the whole point.
Rod Baker
Operations · Dispatch Lead
Our Crew
BLS-Certified EMTs & Drivers
Billing Team
Medicare · Medicaid · Private Insurance
Credentials & Licensure
Verified credentials. Real numbers.
Every credential below is publicly verifiable through CMS NPPES, the Texas DSHS provider registry, and the Houston Health Department permitting database. Look us up.
Texas DSHS
License #800182NPI Registry
#1235213786Texas Medicaid
#184618001Medicare
Enrolled ProviderHouston Health
Permitted Ambulance ProviderHIPAA
Privacy CompliantAHA BLS
Crew CertifiedActive Since 2006
20 Years Houston
Need transport scheduled?
One call. The Baker family on the other end.
Call Rodney or Rod directly to book a transport, ask about Medicaid coverage, or coordinate a discharge. We answer the phone ourselves — the way it should be.
Schedule a transport · Houston
(281) 587-8700
Mon - Fri 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM · Sat - Sun by appointment