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Kentucky Considers Regulating Medical Flight Insurance Coverage

It seems to have become a common practice for insurance companies to deny medical flight charges based on the argument that the air ambulance...

Injured Doctor Gets a Whopping Air Ambulance Bill as he loses an Arm

The need for air ambulance services has a way of popping up when you least expect it. It was no different for Dr. Naveed...

Is Competition Driving Medical Flight Costs Up?

The beauty of a capitalistic country is the opportunity it offers to different businesses and the competition it creates. The competition ultimately leads to...

Medical Flight Bills Have Doubled Since 2010

Slightly less than a decade ago, medical flight bills would hover around $15,000 in the United States but today, they have doubled, averaging about...

Should Opting for Medical Flights be the Sole Discretion of the Physicians?

Paul Vinci who is from Idaho recently had a bout of septic pancreatitis. He was in a parking lot when he experienced severe discomfort...

STARS Air Ambulance Service Gets a Huge Donation

STARS is Canada’s air ambulance service that runs mainly on donations and community partnerships. While this non-profit, charitable organization offers free services for the...

Air Ambulance Award by ITIJ to be Announced Soon

It’s that time of the year when the entire air ambulance industry is pretty excited. It’s usually towards the year end that International Travel...

Air Ambulance Consumer Protection Act Gets the Nod of Congress

It was in the May of this year that Senator Claire McCaskill took up the issue of high air ambulance bills and decided to...

Necessity of Air Ambulance Service: Looking at the Numbers

The recent talk about the rising air ambulance service costs has raised doubts about whether such service must be limited to certain cases only....

Concerns Raised Over Air Ambulance Service of Ireland

Ireland recently saw its first community air ambulance service. It is expected to operate full time by the end of next month. The air...

Drone Air Ambulance Services All Set to Take Up Certain Medical Challenges

What do you do when you know that all you need is a certain medication to save a patient who is stuck in heavy...

Lessons from Last Year’s Amarillo Air Ambulance Crash

On the midnight of April 28, 2017, the entire crew that comprised of the pilot and two crew members of an air ambulance flight...

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