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Air Evac owns and operates over 100 [[Bell_206#206L_LongRanger|Bell 206 Long Ranger]] helicopters which are equipped with, Garmin 396 [[GPS]] with XM Weather overlay, Garmin 340 GPS VHF, Baker Mode S. Transponder, SkyTrac® satellite tracking, Intellistart®, and Air Evac’s proprietary litter system. The company has flown the Bell 206 LongRanger since its founding in 1985 because of its reliability, efficiency, agility and excellent safety record.<ref>http://www.lifeteam.net/ProgramServices/Aviation/aircraft.aspx</ref> |
Air Evac owns and operates over 100 [[Bell_206#206L_LongRanger|Bell 206 Long Ranger]] helicopters which are equipped with, Garmin 396 [[GPS]] with XM Weather overlay, Garmin 340 GPS VHF, Baker Mode S. Transponder, SkyTrac® satellite tracking, Intellistart®, and Air Evac’s proprietary litter system. The company has flown the Bell 206 LongRanger since its founding in 1985 because of its reliability, efficiency, agility and excellent safety record.<ref>http://www.lifeteam.net/ProgramServices/Aviation/aircraft.aspx</ref> |
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Possible health care fraud - On 25 May 2007, Air Evac Lifeteam, said in a statement "Government authorities retrieved documents from the corporate offices of Air Evac Lifeteam today as part of an inquiry concerning billing and health care compliance related matters,"<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/business/25air.html</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:46, 28 November 2009
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Template:Holdon Air Evac Lifeteam (sometimes known as simply Air Evac), also Texas LifeStar, is an air ambulance corporation based in West Plains, Missouri.
History
Air Evac Lifeteam was founded in 1985 to serve the rural Missouri Ozark area and now focuses on providing services to the medically underserved areas of rural America, often in those rural areas which other air ambulances may not adequately service.
The Texas-based rotor-wing operations division of Critical Air Medicine was sold to Air Evac Lifeteam in 2004.
Air Evac Lifeteam was accredited in 2008 by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems, and is the largest medical transport program under one name to achieve this accreditation.[1]
Service area
Air Evac has coverage in 14 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. Air Evac is also the largest air ambulance provider in 8 of its 14 states. [2] In those states, they have 64 bases.[3]
Aircraft
Air Evac owns and operates over 100 Bell 206 Long Ranger helicopters which are equipped with, Garmin 396 GPS with XM Weather overlay, Garmin 340 GPS VHF, Baker Mode S. Transponder, SkyTrac® satellite tracking, Intellistart®, and Air Evac’s proprietary litter system. The company has flown the Bell 206 LongRanger since its founding in 1985 because of its reliability, efficiency, agility and excellent safety record.[4]
Issues
Possible health care fraud - On 25 May 2007, Air Evac Lifeteam, said in a statement "Government authorities retrieved documents from the corporate offices of Air Evac Lifeteam today as part of an inquiry concerning billing and health care compliance related matters,"[5]
References
- ^ http://www.lifeteam.net/Pressroom/factsheet.pdf
- ^ "Service Area". Retrieved 2007-11-14.
- ^ "Operations Overview". Retrieved 2007-11-14.
- ^ http://www.lifeteam.net/ProgramServices/Aviation/aircraft.aspx
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/business/25air.html