Air Ambulance Card

Air Ambulance Card Launches iPhone App to Help Travelers Find Hospitals

airambulancecard — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:15:11 +0000

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (July 26, 2010) – Medical evacuation membership program Air Ambulance Card has launched a free application for iPhone to help travelers find medical assistance away from home. Find-ER by Air Ambulance Card has a one touch hospital finder that locates the nearest medical centers, maps routes to them and provides contact information. The app contains a distress call function that allows travelers to call their designated emergency contact with the touch of a button. Find-ER also stores medical information and doctor and pharmacy contact information that doctors and paramedics can use to help treat a patient.

“We offer our members peace of mind that they can come home for treatment when serious injury or illness strikes on the road,” said Air Ambulance Card Managing Director Sam Jackson. “With Find-ER, we can extend some of that peace of mind to all travelers from the moment a problem arises.”

Full features include:

Hospital Mapping

Tap screen to map nearest hospitals
Tap hospital name to access contact information
Map route to hospital of your choice

Distress Call

Store emergency contact information
Tap phone icon to place distress call

Store Medical Information

Doctor and pharmacy contact information
Medical conditions Medications Allergies

Find-ER by Air Ambulance Card is available as a free download in the iTunes store.

Air Ambulance Card® flies sick or injured members home to the US or Canadian hospital of their choice when they are hospitalized 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally. 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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Welcome to the NEW AirAmbulanceCard.com

airambulancecard — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:43:56 +0000

We are thrilled to welcome you to the NEW AirAmbulanceCard.com! This site, along with our new corporate identity and iPhone App, have been more than a year in the making. While our memberships, our service and our principles have not changed a bit, we hope this website will make it easier for you to find what you are looking for and help us to serve you. New features you may notice include:

Fresh, clean look with beautiful photography and lots of white space
Simpler Plans and Pricing page to help you choose the plan that’s right for you and your family
We’ve changed our $30 Rebate Program to allow ANYONE to earn money by referring fellow travelers
Improved social integration – providing more information on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube and our Blog
Speaking of our Blog, we’ve renewed our commitment to providing great travel safety tips and other information to help make your next trip worry free

And did we mention our new iPhone App? I know we did, but indulge us a bit please. No matter where in the world you are, Find-ER from Air Ambulance Card places the nearest hospitals at your fingertips and makes communication with doctors and family in an emergency simpler. Features include:

Hospital Mapping – Find the closest medical center with the touch of a button
Distress Call – One touch dialing to your designated emergency contact
Store Medical Information – Give doctors and paramedics quick access to your medical history and doctor’s contact information

We hope you will find that these efforts make your experience with Air Ambulance Card simpler and more valuable. We’re still on the hunt for kinks in the new system, so if you see room for improvement, please let us know.

Air Ambulance Card Makes PageDaily.com Editors’ List of Travel Must-Haves

airambulancecard — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:30:46 +0000

One of our loyal members, a production manager at the online style bible PageDaily.com, was kind enough to include us in their recent “Editors’ Picks Packing List: Fabulous Finds We Won’t Travel Without.”

Right there next to the L’Occitane Hand Cream and the Michael Kors bag, you’ll find Dania Slochowski’s Air Ambulance Card… proving you can be chic AND smart! Thanks for the shout out PageDaily!

Concierge Medicine

airambulancecard — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:11:33 +0000

We just got back from the annual conference of the Society for Innovative Medical Practice Design (SIMPD), which is a group of doctors and health care professionals developing new models to break out of the current health insurance driven economy. Best of luck to them! We spoke with a lot of doctors setting up concierge medical practices. They take on fewer patients, charge them a yearly premium, and in return give them a full workup, a fitness and medical plan to follow, and round the clock cell-phone access to their doctor. Most are targeting a high-end clientele, but imagine a few years down the road, when this paves the way for direct billing from your doctor. Prices will be lower, as the administrative costs of dealing with insurance companies has gone away. Imagine having your doctor recommend lab work, and being able to tell you exactly how much it will cost you! You can do your own cost/benefit analysis right on the spot. Try doing that with complicated reimbursement schedules from insurance companies.

So why was Air Ambulance Card there? We’re developing special pricing for these concierge practices, so that their innovative relations with their patient doesn’t end at the city limits. If the patient is hospitalized around the world, we will fly them back to the doctor they’re paying extra to be able to access anytime, anywhere. We’re proud to help break open the current health care market, and come up with systems that work for the consumers, and their budgets!

Medevac Experts Release 10 Tips for Spring Break Safety

airambulancecard — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:55:09 +0000

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (February 11, 2010) – Medical evacuation membership program Air Ambulance Card is releasing its Spring Break 2010 Travel Safety Tips. The advice is compiled from years of transport of sick and injured travelers. “This is what we’d be telling our own kids if they were traveling for spring break this year,” said Air Ambulance Card Managing Director Stan Bradley. More details can be found online at www.AirAmbulanceCard.com/blog.

1. Register International Travel with the State Department, https://travelregistration.state.gov in case of a family emergency in the U.S. or a crisis where you are.

2. Know the Law. While in a foreign country, you are subject to its laws. Research the country online, http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/safety/safety_2836.html

3. Avoid Drugs and Limit Alcohol. Many travelers are injured or killed in car accidents and other incidents involving alcohol and/or drug use. Avoid illegal drugs and limit legal alcohol consumption.

4. Be Watchful. Americans have been sexually assaulted or robbed because they found themselves in unfamiliar locales, were incapable of protecting themselves because of drug or alcohol use or were the victim of a “date rape” drug.

5. Road Rules. Motor vehicles accidents are the most common cause of death of Americans overseas after natural causes. Standards of safety overseas may differ from those in the U. S.

6. Water Warning. Do not dive into unknown bodies of water. Hidden rocks or shallow depths can cause injury or death. Only rent equipment like scooters, jet-skis or scuba gear from reputable operators and insist on sufficient training.

7. Think About Emergencies Now. U.S. medical insurance generally is not accepted outside the United States. Check to see if your carrier will reimburse you and consider a short term foreign travel policy if not. Medical evacuation to the U.S. can cost more than $50,000. Consider a medical evacuation membership plan and read the fine print to be sure it will get you to the hospital OF YOUR CHOICE. www.AirAmbulanceCard.com.

8. Check Medications. Make sure all medicines are in bottles with drug store labels. Carry copies of the prescriptions and make sure you have enough to last the trip.

9. Have duplicates of travel documents. Leave a copy of your passport and itinerary at home. Do not carry documents, money and credit cards in the same pocket.

10. Establish a Routine. Let everyone know where you will be. Plan regular check in times and stick to them.

Air Ambulance Card® flies sick or injured members home to the US or Canadian hospital of their choice when they are hospitalized 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally. 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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Air Ambulance Card & Rhode Island Dental Assn. Offer Members Protection

airambulancecard — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:58:49 +0000

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (January 6, 2010) – The Rhode Island Dental Association (RIDA) has endorsed Birmingham-based Air Ambulance Card® and is partnering with the company to offer society members discounted medical evacuation. Under the partnership, members who are sick or injured 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally, will be flown home to the hospital of their choice.

“The RIDA feels this benefit to be of considerable value to its members as there is ‘No Place Like Home’,” said RIDA Executive Director Valerie Celentano.

RIDA members can purchase discounted Air Ambulance Card memberships through a link on the association’s website, www.RIDental.com “Membership in Air Ambulance Card eliminates concerns about the high cost of a medical flight. Members can fly home to be treated by doctors they know at a hospital they trust, and they never receive a bill or file a claim form,” said Stan Bradley, managing director of Air Ambulance Card.

The Rhode Island Dental Association was founded in Providence on July 2, 1878 by a group of seven dentists. Today, more than 600 members, representing over 90 percent of all practicing dentists in this state, belong to the Association. The object of the Association is to improve the dental health of the public and to promote the art and science of dentistry.

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Air Ambulance Card Flies Heart Patient Home from Mexican ICU

airambulancecard — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:05:02 +0000

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (September 1, 2009) – Air Ambulance Card flew a California man home for treatment after he experienced heart trouble while vacationing in Mexico. The member and his wife were vacationing in Cancun when he went to the hospital with what doctors termed a “cardiac event.” The member’s wife contacted Air Ambulance Card, which began the process of transporting him to Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach, California. A medical crew picked him up from the Mexican hospital at 10:00am and he was in a bed at Hoag Memorial by 6:40pm that evening.

“He was being treated in public ICU in Mexico. We wanted to be home, he wanted to be treated by his own doctors,” said the member’s wife.

“When a patient is in a foreign hospital, they simply want to come home,” said Sam Jackson, Managing Director of Air Ambulance Card. “Not only do we provide them that comfort, our members enjoy a significant financial protection. This flight from Mexico would have cost $31,000 thousand of dollars if Mr. Soliman had to pay for it out of pocket.”

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Air Ambulance Card Gets A+; Thanks Better Business Bureau

airambulancecard — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:15:00 +0000

If you’re gonna do something, do it right. That’s kind of how we feel about our business here at Air Ambulance Card. So, it’s nice when someone recognizes our efforts. The Better Business Bureau gives Air Ambulance Card an A+ Rating.

Here’s what the BBB has to say about its rating scale:

“BBB assigns grades from A to F with pluses and minuses. A+ is the highest grade and F is the lowest. The grade represents BBB’s degree of confidence that the business is operating in a trustworthy manner and will make a good faith effort to resolve any customer concerns.”

What we’re most proud of in all this is that Better Business Bureau has recorded zero complaints in the past 36 months (in fact, zero complaints ever) from our clients or anyone else. (Repeat, zero, zilch, nada, niente.)

That speaks highly to our role as problem solvers for our members. When they find themselves in a hospital, whether in a foreign land or a few states away, we want them to know all they have to do is pick up the phone and call. We’ll take it from there and get them home to the hospital of their choice… no claims to file, no hoops to jump through.

Is your travel service provider accredited? Check them out at www.BBB.org.

University of Nebraska Medical Center Protects Staff Traveling Overseas

airambulancecard — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:48:56 +0000

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (July 14, 2009) – Faculty and staff of The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have begun enrolling in Birmingham-based Air Ambulance Card®’s membership program. UNMC now requires all faculty and staff traveling outside of the continental US on official business to purchase the plans at special rates that allow employees to cover their families at no extra charge. Under the partnership, members who are sick or injured 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally, will be flown home to the hospital of their choice.

Air Ambulance Card memberships have been included as a part of the UNMC Private Medical Practice program for two years. UNMC doctors sought out the coverage after arranging a patient’s air medical transport from Italy that cost $150,000. “We know the serious financial risk associated with travel without medical evacuation coverage,” said UNMC’s Keith Swarts. “These memberships protect the staff, protect their families and protect the medical center from the financial hardships that accompany the kinds of medical emergencies we see every day.”

UNMC faculty and staff can purchase discounted Air Ambulance Card memberships online using their UNMC email address at www.AirAmbulanceCard.com/UNMC. Employees can use UNMC’s internal procurement card or can purchase the membership personally by using their own credit card. “With these memberships, UNMC employees and their families can travel with the peace of mind of knowing if something goes wrong, we’ll be there to bring them home,” said Stan Bradley, managing director of Air Ambulance Card.

UNMC is the only public health science center in the state. Through their commitment to education, research, patient care and outreach, UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have established themselves as one of the country’s leading centers in cancer, transplantation biology, bioterrorism preparedness, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, genetics, biomedical technology and ophthalmology. UNMC’s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 513 physicians in 50 specialties and subspecialties who practice primarily in The Nebraska Medical Center. For more information, go to UNMC’s Web site at www.unmc.edu.

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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Air Ambulance Card to Provide Medical Evacuation to WorldClinic Clients

airambulancecard — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:46:11 +0000

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (July 7, 2009) – Birmingham-based medical evacuation membership program Air Ambulance Card is partnering with WorldClinic Inc., a New Hampshire executive medical and telemedical program, to provide clients with medical evacuation and repatriation services.

“In a medical emergency, our patients know they have instant access to physicians who are familiar with their personal medical records. With Air Ambulance Card we are able to take that peace of mind one step further, bringing the patient home to the hospital of their choice,” said WorldClinic Director Dr. Dan Carlin.

Under the arrangement, WorldClinic patients hospitalized 150 miles or more from home, domestically or internationally, will be flown home aboard a dedicated medical aircraft to the U.S. or Canadian hospital of their choice. “We eliminate the high out-of-pocket cost of these flights, and strip out the headaches caused by claim forms and reimbursements. WorldClinic patients will do nothing more than pick up the phone and call, and we will bring them home,” said Air Ambulance Card Managing Partner Sam Jackson.

Based in New England, WorldClinic is a unique medical practice dedicated to providing exceptional medical and telemedical care to an exclusive group of corporate executives, individuals and families whose lifestyle may require immediate access to a personal doctor for any health issue, at any hour, from anywhere in the world.

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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