Barfers and Lurkers!
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Hey Barfer's,
This is, Tracy, your rep for the area. I have been promoting Membership for over 6 years.
"BARF" Discounted Calstar/Reach Membership...…... Group Code is: 11380-CA-BUS
https://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/msm/tracy-shearer/ **END EDIT***
We are officially partnering with the AirMedCare Network to help you potentially save tens of thousands of dollars in case you might have the need to be airlifted for any reason. Anyone in your family household actually. That means for myself, my wife and daughter are included in the coverage.
This covers you in most of the country actually so if you are a racer travelling it is awesome to have. If you are a long distance rider or traveler you get the benefit of coverage almost anywhere you might be. Of course nobody wants to use it, but knowing it is there is a good thing. So here is some info provided for your review. The application is also attached. Your membership helps keep our site healthy and real advertising noise to a minimum, which is for sure appreciated.
What is the benefit of an AirMedCare Network membership?
Although a person does not have to be a member to be transported, membership offers several important benefits:
Air Evac Lifeteam, REACH Air Medical Services, EagleMedand Med-Trans Corporation are participating members of the AirMedCare Network, the largest Air Ambulance membership network in the United States, with over 2.5 million members.
All AirMedCare Network service providers work cooperatively to provide the highest level of care.
AirMedCareNetwork will work on behalf of the member’s benefits provider to secure payment for their flight,with any uncovered amount considered to be fully prepaid.
Members who are transported by an AirMedCareNetwork aircraft will not receive a bill for the flight.
The membership is valid in all of our service areas so a member is covered while traveling in those areas.
Uninsured?A member will not receive a bill for their flight.
What is AirMedCare Network?
A thirty-two state network of AirMedCare Network’s 265 (and growing) helicopter fleet- the largest such network in the world and most comprehensive coverage in California. This means your coverage is in more areas with more helicopters than any other service.
How did the AirMedCare Network membership program get started?
Our Network of Providers were among the first air ambulance services to offer a membership program, similar to the ground ambulance and rural fire department programs throughout the United States. The founders knew that for the service to survive in a rural area, they would need other sources of funding besides the traditional fee-for-service billing. Additionally, the founders knew that the service would be costly, and therefore offered a membership program to assist families with the cost and alleviate the financial burden associated.
See their FAQ below.
Latest news from Tracy.
news Release 7/25/18
THIS IS EXCITING NEWS!!!!!!!!
WATSONVILLE >> CALSTAR Air Medical Services is working to open an air medical transport base at Watsonville Municipal Airport this fall.
“We want to be closer to Santa Cruz County residents,” said John Bettencourt, regional director of service delivery at Reach Holdings, CALSTAR’s parent company.
Santa Cruz County does not have a trauma center, so anyone seriously injured in a highway crash or suffering a gunshot wound are taken to facilities in Salinas or San Jose. If the transport is via helicopter, that ride can cost $30,000, according to the U.S. General Accountability Office.
CALSTAR air medical transports are a subscription service.
A member pays $85 a year; that covers out-of-pocket expenses for a medically-necessary flight by providers in the 320-base AirMedCare Network for anyone in the household. For senior households, the price is $65 a year.
Dr. Dave Ghilarducci, EMS medical director with the Santa Cruz County EMS Agency, welcomes CALSTAR.
“This is advantageous because it would shorten response times for air ambulances, provide increased availability, and on foggy days when an ambulance can’t fly,” he said, noting the current ambulance provider, AMR, determined Santa Cruz County has the traffic volume to support the new service.
Recruiting began last month for pilots, flight nurses, paramedics and an aircraft maintenance technician to staff the new Watsonville base.
CALSTAR’s plans call for an Airbus EC 135 helicopter. That model can carry two crew and two patients and is capable of flight under instrument flight rules and with GPS for transports to and from Dominican Hospital in inclement weather.
CALSTAR has been servicing Santa Cruz County from its air medical transport base in Salinas, and Anna McNamara-Blair, the vice president of service delivery, is familiar with the area, having grown up in Santa Cruz and started her career as a volunteer firefighter in the San Lorenzo Valley.
Rayvon Williams, Watsonville Airport manager, said he reached out to CALSTAR in 2016 and began discussions but it wasn’t until this year that CALSTAR decided to go ahead.
“I saw the consolidation in the industry,” said Williams.
CALSTAR became a subsidiary in 2016 of REACH Air Medical, a privately held company and part of Air Medical Group Holdings, a company in the portfolio of global investment firm KKR since 2015.
AMR, which provides ambulance service in three dozen states including Santa Cruz County, has been owned by Air Medical Group Holdings since March.
PRICING
The agency found the median price charged for helicopter air ambulance service doubled from $15,000 in 2010 to $30,000 in 2014.
My comments:
****This is why Membership is so important and saves thousands of dollars, with no out of pocket cost when you are a Membership.
Get signed up today!!!
https://www.amcnrep.com/tracy-shearer
**EDIT
Hey Barfer's,
This is, Tracy, your rep for the area. I have been promoting Membership for over 6 years.
"BARF" Discounted Calstar/Reach Membership...…... Group Code is: 11380-CA-BUS
https://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/msm/tracy-shearer/ **END EDIT***
We are officially partnering with the AirMedCare Network to help you potentially save tens of thousands of dollars in case you might have the need to be airlifted for any reason. Anyone in your family household actually. That means for myself, my wife and daughter are included in the coverage.
This covers you in most of the country actually so if you are a racer travelling it is awesome to have. If you are a long distance rider or traveler you get the benefit of coverage almost anywhere you might be. Of course nobody wants to use it, but knowing it is there is a good thing. So here is some info provided for your review. The application is also attached. Your membership helps keep our site healthy and real advertising noise to a minimum, which is for sure appreciated.
What is the benefit of an AirMedCare Network membership?
Although a person does not have to be a member to be transported, membership offers several important benefits:
Air Evac Lifeteam, REACH Air Medical Services, EagleMedand Med-Trans Corporation are participating members of the AirMedCare Network, the largest Air Ambulance membership network in the United States, with over 2.5 million members.
All AirMedCare Network service providers work cooperatively to provide the highest level of care.
AirMedCareNetwork will work on behalf of the member’s benefits provider to secure payment for their flight,with any uncovered amount considered to be fully prepaid.
Members who are transported by an AirMedCareNetwork aircraft will not receive a bill for the flight.
The membership is valid in all of our service areas so a member is covered while traveling in those areas.
Uninsured?A member will not receive a bill for their flight.
What is AirMedCare Network?
A thirty-two state network of AirMedCare Network’s 265 (and growing) helicopter fleet- the largest such network in the world and most comprehensive coverage in California. This means your coverage is in more areas with more helicopters than any other service.
How did the AirMedCare Network membership program get started?
Our Network of Providers were among the first air ambulance services to offer a membership program, similar to the ground ambulance and rural fire department programs throughout the United States. The founders knew that for the service to survive in a rural area, they would need other sources of funding besides the traditional fee-for-service billing. Additionally, the founders knew that the service would be costly, and therefore offered a membership program to assist families with the cost and alleviate the financial burden associated.
See their FAQ below.
Latest news from Tracy.
news Release 7/25/18
THIS IS EXCITING NEWS!!!!!!!!
WATSONVILLE >> CALSTAR Air Medical Services is working to open an air medical transport base at Watsonville Municipal Airport this fall.
“We want to be closer to Santa Cruz County residents,” said John Bettencourt, regional director of service delivery at Reach Holdings, CALSTAR’s parent company.
Santa Cruz County does not have a trauma center, so anyone seriously injured in a highway crash or suffering a gunshot wound are taken to facilities in Salinas or San Jose. If the transport is via helicopter, that ride can cost $30,000, according to the U.S. General Accountability Office.
CALSTAR air medical transports are a subscription service.
A member pays $85 a year; that covers out-of-pocket expenses for a medically-necessary flight by providers in the 320-base AirMedCare Network for anyone in the household. For senior households, the price is $65 a year.
Dr. Dave Ghilarducci, EMS medical director with the Santa Cruz County EMS Agency, welcomes CALSTAR.
“This is advantageous because it would shorten response times for air ambulances, provide increased availability, and on foggy days when an ambulance can’t fly,” he said, noting the current ambulance provider, AMR, determined Santa Cruz County has the traffic volume to support the new service.
Recruiting began last month for pilots, flight nurses, paramedics and an aircraft maintenance technician to staff the new Watsonville base.
CALSTAR’s plans call for an Airbus EC 135 helicopter. That model can carry two crew and two patients and is capable of flight under instrument flight rules and with GPS for transports to and from Dominican Hospital in inclement weather.
CALSTAR has been servicing Santa Cruz County from its air medical transport base in Salinas, and Anna McNamara-Blair, the vice president of service delivery, is familiar with the area, having grown up in Santa Cruz and started her career as a volunteer firefighter in the San Lorenzo Valley.
Rayvon Williams, Watsonville Airport manager, said he reached out to CALSTAR in 2016 and began discussions but it wasn’t until this year that CALSTAR decided to go ahead.
“I saw the consolidation in the industry,” said Williams.
CALSTAR became a subsidiary in 2016 of REACH Air Medical, a privately held company and part of Air Medical Group Holdings, a company in the portfolio of global investment firm KKR since 2015.
AMR, which provides ambulance service in three dozen states including Santa Cruz County, has been owned by Air Medical Group Holdings since March.
PRICING
The agency found the median price charged for helicopter air ambulance service doubled from $15,000 in 2010 to $30,000 in 2014.
My comments:
****This is why Membership is so important and saves thousands of dollars, with no out of pocket cost when you are a Membership.
Get signed up today!!!
https://www.amcnrep.com/tracy-shearer