Air Ambulance Card® Acquires Global Jet Ambulance Memberships
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (February 2, 2009) – Birmingham-based Air Ambulance Card, LLC has completed the acquisition of California air medical evacuation company Global Jet Ambulance Inc.’s membership base. Air Ambulance Card will merge Global Jet’s membership with its existing members on a monthly basis as Global Jet members renew.
“Global Jet’s membership is primarily located in the western states, which gives us a great base from which to grow our sales in a market in which we are already strong,” said Air Ambulance Card Managing Director Sam Jackson.
Global Jet President John Hartfield will continue to represent Air Ambulance Card on the west coast. “Air Ambulance Card has an excellent network of aircraft and an incredible knowledge of transport logistics. I am pleased to offer our members the service that will work well for them in the future.”
Air Ambulance Card provides travelers with prepaid hospital-to-hospital air ambulance service, domestically and abroad. The membership program offers services for a period of one year to families or individuals, and corporate accounts. Air Ambulance Card memberships are available to residents of the U.S. and Canada and cost $195 per year for individuals and $295 per year for families. For more information visit www.AirAmbulanceCard.com.
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Mr. Jackson has a B.S. degree from Auburn University and a J.D. degree from Jones Law School. He is CPA and member of the Alabama Bar and the American Bar Association. Mr. Jackson was the Chief Executive of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, a 750 physician multi-specialty group practice at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for 8 years. He also served for three years as the Vice President of Finance and Administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was directly responsible for the financial management of both the university, the group practice, as well a 900-bed tertiary care hospital, with a combined budget of $1.9 billion. Mr. Jackson has 20 years experience in healthcare management and 30 years total experience in financial management. In 1992 he was directly responsible for creating the first large group covered by a subscription-based, prepaid air medical transportation program. He has served with Air Ambulance Card, LLC since its incorporation in 2002.
Mr. Bradley has a B.A. degree from the University of Alabama. For 20 years he held marketing executive positions and general sales manager positions with local Birmingham television stations. For 9 years he was President of Illustrated Care, Inc. a company which he founded that produced and marketed patient and physician educational videos nationwide, produced custom medical education and marketing videos, provided marketing and advertising services to medical groups nationwide. In 1992, he became associated with MEDjet International and since then he has been directly involved with air ambulance operations and operations of the subscription-based, prepaid air medical transportation program. He has served with Air Ambulance Card, LLC since its incorporation in 2002.