New analysis from the healthcare outsourcing company finds that non-emergency medical transportation providers lose the most revenue in back-office operations — unanswered calls, dispatch gaps, and broker-compliance issues — rather than on the road.

Vancouver, WA, United States, 1st Sep 2026, Grand Newswire – SS Support Network LLC, a U.S.-registered healthcare and non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) back-office outsourcing company founded in 2020, today released its 2026 NEMT Back-Office Report and announced a free operations audit for U.S. transportation providers. Drawn from the company’s work across more than 200 clients and over 200,000 processed claims, the report identifies where NEMT providers lose trips, revenue, and broker trust, and finds that the costliest failures occur in back-office operations rather than in vehicles or drivers.

The report arrives as demand for medical transportation rises and broker requirements tighten. Industry data places the U.S. NEMT market at roughly $17 billion with mid-single-digit annual growth, while U.S. Census Bureau projections indicate 73.1 million Americans will be aged 65 or older by 2030. Published industry analyses estimate NEMT driver turnover above 64% annually and put the cost of missed medical appointments to the U.S. healthcare system at approximately $150 billion per year, with transportation barriers among the leading contributors.

According to the report, most providers focus on vehicles and drivers while the largest financial losses occur elsewhere: after-hours calls sent to voicemail, will-call returns left unmanaged, broker portals worked inconsistently, and credentials that lapse unnoticed until trips stop or an audit occurs. SS Support Network states that these gaps reduce trip volume, weaken broker relationships, and lower customer satisfaction even when a provider’s fleet and drivers perform well.

The company reports measurable results from its own engagements. In anonymized client outcomes, SS Support Network released $28,000 in previously held Modivcare billing for payment, generated approximately $9,800 in new broker-driven revenue for another provider within about two months, and helped raise one transportation company’s public review rating from 1.8 to 3.7 through consistent, in-name customer support. In a separate engagement, an East Coast NEMT provider transferred its full back office to the company and expanded from a single state to multiple states while SS Support Network continued to manage day-to-day operations for more than two years.

“Most NEMT owners assume their problem is vehicles and drivers,” said Nimra Khalid, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of SS Support Network. “In our experience, the revenue is usually lost in quieter places — a phone going to voicemail overnight, a broker portal left untouched, a credential that expired. When the back office is corrected, the same fleet completes more trips and retains more broker business.”

Alongside the report, SS Support Network is making a free operations audit available to U.S. NEMT providers. The audit is a written review of a provider’s calls, dispatching, scheduling, and broker activity that identifies specific operational issues and recommended corrections, provided at no cost. The company’s agents are HIPAA-trained and operate under a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA), working within a provider’s existing dispatch software and broker portals, including Modivcare, MTM, and Access2Care.

“Operators should be able to see where they are losing money, in writing,” Nimra added. “If we are not the right fit, the audit says so.”

The 2026 NEMT Back-Office Report and details of the free operations audit are available at https://sssupportnetwork.llc/.

About SS Support Network
SS Support Network LLC is a U.S.-registered business process outsourcing (BPO) company founded in 2020 and headquartered in Vancouver, Washington. The company provides back-office operations for healthcare and transportation businesses, including 24/7 call handling, NEMT dispatch, patient scheduling, medical billing, and provider credentialing, delivered by HIPAA-trained teams serving clients across all 50 U.S. states. More information is available at https://sssupportnetwork.llc.

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George Town, British Virgin Islands, September 1st, 2026, Chainwire

Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, today announced the kickoff of USD1 RWA Boost: Phase 1 with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), featuring 125,000,000 $WLFI and 6,250,000 USD1 in rewards.

The campaign builds on AOS-2, Aster’s earlier expansion of its Aster Open Standards (AOS) framework from spot markets to perpetuals.

Leonard, CEO at Aster, said: “AOS-2 is turning Aster from a decentralized perp exchange into an open infrastructure layer where anyone can launch and operate their own perpetual markets on top of Aster Chain. The first USD1 RWA perpetuals show that model is already working.”

AOS-2: A Published Standard for Perpetual Listings

AOS-2 is Aster’s standardized, onchain framework for initiating perpetual market listings, enabling projects to propose new markets through a transparent and automated process.

Applicants stake 1 million $ASTER, locked for four years with no early exit, before the proposal goes to an onchain validator vote. If approved, Aster’s risk team configures the market and the perpetual can go live as early as T+1; if rejected, the stake is returned in full. 

Listing access runs on published onchain rules, while leverage and other trading parameters stay under Aster’s risk controls, letting Aster bring new markets to traders faster without giving up risk management.

USD1 RWA Boost Phase 1: 125M $WLFI + 6.25M USD1 in Rewards

The campaign runs from August 31 through December 31, 2026, covering SPCX/USD1, CL/USD1, XAU/USD1, SNDK/USD1, SKHYNIX/USD1, and MU/USD1. 

Users earn Trading Points through taker volume on eligible USD1 pairs, which determine their share of the USD1 reward pool, while Open Interest (OI) Points are earned by holding eligible positions and determine their share of the $WLFI reward pool. Traders using Single Asset Mode with USD1 as collateral receive a 2x boost on OI Points. Rewards are calculated across weekly epochs and distributed the following week.

“When real-world assets trade onchain, the settlement asset matters as much as the market itself. Perpetuals on gold, energy, and equities, all denominated in USD1, give traders one dollar instrument across every one of these markets, and that is what stablecoins were built to do. We are supporting these markets because this is where onchain market structure is heading, and Phase 1 is only the start,” said Zach Witkoff, Co-Founder and CEO at World Liberty Financial.

Building the Frontier of Onchain Trading

AOS-2 gives Aster a repeatable, onchain path for bringing new markets to the platform, and the first USD1 RWA perpetual listings show that path is already at work. Paired with the ecosystem support from Aster and WLFI, the launch turns a new listing framework into real trading activity from day one.

As more real-world and crypto-native assets move onchain, Aster aims to become a leading venue for bringing new asset markets onchain. The map gets bigger from here.

About Aster

Aster is a privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, with unique features like Hidden Orders to protect user trading activity. It pioneers the frontier of on-chain trading through perpetual futures, spots, and earn products for top-trending assets, including RWAs, memes, and core crypto markets. It is powered by Aster Chain, a Layer 1 blockchain built to power the future of decentralized finance.

Users can learn more about Aster on the official website or follow Aster on X.

*Disclaimer: Eligible pairs, reward parameters, and campaign rules are subject to change during the campaign. Please refer to the official campaign page for the latest eligible pair list and campaign details. Trading cryptocurrencies and leveraged products involves significant risk and may result in the loss of capital. This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment or financial advice.

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Australia, 1st Sep 2026, Grand Newswire –
 

The Chrysalis BREW Project has announced the winners of the BREW Children’s Book Excellence Award 2026, recognising four children’s books across travel fiction, picture books, fantasy and bilingual literature.

The 2026 recipients are:

• Travel Fiction: Kiera & Lamby: Tokyo by Nicole O’Connor
• Children’s Picture Book: Bartholomew the Badger Listens Closely by Shanela Parvez
• Fantasy: Journey to Superhero School by Gracie Dix
• Bilingual Children’s Literature: Pablo by Mar Andersons

The selected books span different settings, genres and storytelling approaches while sharing an emphasis on imagination, discovery and experiences relevant to young readers.

In Kiera & Lamby: Tokyo, Nicole O’Connor takes young readers on an imaginative journey through Tokyo, incorporating elements of Japanese culture and travel.

Shanela Parvez’s Bartholomew the Badger Listens Closely centres on Lulu, a young hedgehog whose ability to notice what others overlook becomes important when her community faces an approaching storm. 

Journey to Superhero School by Gracie Dix follows young siblings discovering their unusual abilities and learning to manage the challenges that come with them, combining fantasy and family-centred storytelling.

Mar Andersons’s Pablo receives recognition in the Bilingual Children’s Literature category for its focus on language, culture and connections between different communities through children’s storytelling.

More details about this announcement can be found at The Chrysalis BREW Project’s website. 

About the BREW Children’s Book Excellence Award

The BREW Children’s Book Excellence Award is a literary recognition presented by The Chrysalis BREW Project to acknowledge notable children’s books across a range of genres and categories. The award considers the qualities that contribute to an engaging and meaningful reading experience for young audiences, including storytelling, creativity, presentation and relevance to children.

About The Chrysalis BREW Project

The Chrysalis BREW Project is an independent literary and arts platform that publishes book reviews, literary features, interviews and other creative work. Through its editorial and recognition programmes, BREW provides a space for writers, artists and creators to share their work and receive literary attention. The project also presents a range of international book, blog, and poetry awards recognising works across different genres and forms.

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