PHI Air Medical has partnered with Wickenburg Community Hospital to provide air ambulance services for your community. PHI Air provides a quality membership program for families to protect families from the high cost of air ambulance transportation.
The membership program is national coverage, wherever we have a helicopter bases. The coverage / service area for each helicopter base is approximately 200 miles.
The benefits of the PHI Cares air ambulance membership program includes:*
• No additional cost, co-pays or deductibles for PHI Air Medical air ambulance transports
• No limit to the number of registered household members included in your membership and up to three non-family members are included in your household membership
• Your air membership includes both accident scene calls and inter-facility hospital transfers The annual membership cost for household benefit coverage is only $50.00 and individual coverage is also available for $30.00 per year for new members with health insurance.
The benefits are only applicable if PHI Air Medical transports a member, which is generally the case with all air ambulance industry providers. Most insurance companies only pay a fraction of the air ambulance bill, leaving a high balance bill the responsibility of the patient. This can easily be thousands of dollars or more.
I encourage everyone to ask their insurance companies how much they cover for air ambulance services and also to encourage them to understand every provider who services their rural area. No one can guarantee they will be available to transport a member, due to operational, safety, weather or other situations. If you live in a rural area, every resident needs to have all of the local air ambulance provider membership programs. It’s very inexpensive protection from the high cost of air medical transport.
There are over 550,000 air medical transports every year, which is equal to one every minute, every day… The cost to operate one base with a high-tech helicopter, well trained crew, pilot, mechanic, flight nurses and paramedics is millions of dollars each year…that’s why it’s so expensive…and most insurance companies refuse to pay the actual cost.
PHI has over 70 bases across the country, with 12 bases throughout Arizona. We’re one of the largest operators in the State of Arizona: Wickenburg | Deer Valley | Payson | Buckeye | Phoenix | Mesa San Tan Valley | Miami | Show Low | Casa Grand | Safford | Sierra Vista
If you have any questions or would like to enroll in the PHI Cares membership program, please visit our website www.PHICares.com or call us at 1.888.435.9744 Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. MST, or email us at membership@PHIcares.com
*Benefits are covered only when a patient is transported by PHI Air Medical.
Please see our complete list of terms and conditions at www.phicares.com PHICares.com | 1-888-435-9744
