There has been a flurry of recent activity in a case originally filed by six air ambulance companies claiming $20 million in unpaid emergency services invoices. On June 11, Aetna filed a counterclaim ...

When emergencies demand rapid, long-distance transfers, fixed-wing air ambulances deliver lifesaving precision. These specialized aircraft bridge critical care gaps, transporting patients swiftly and ...

HELENA — Montana lawmakers on Thursday moved forward with two measures that seek to prevent patients from receiving huge bills from air ambulance providers that are not in network with their insurance ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) – The first time Jason Ebert needed an air ambulance, it saved his life. The second time, it nearly broke the bank. Both times, Montana doctors ordered Ebert flown 150 miles from ...

The committee is studying air ambulance service, which has changed rapidly in the past decade. The state auditor’s office received more than 20 complaints last year from Montanans who have received ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — University of Iowa Healthcare is expanding its services in the Quad Cities. Its fourth AirCare base will be opening in Davenport this fall. AirCare is UI Healthcare's air EMS system.

Why can St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings profit from its medical flights while private companies that often bill more than the hospital say they won’t contract with insurers because they don’t pay ...

Alicia Wieberg's mother, Debra Prichard, took an air ambulance flight to Vanderbilt University Medical Center last year before her death, The flight cost $81,739.40 -- and none of it was covered by ...

Missourians could have been balance-billed up to $12.4 million, or nearly $20,000 per person on average, for air ambulance services in 2017, according to a state report. The analysis, from the ...

HELENA — Representatives from some air ambulance companies made their case Thursday that they’re put in a bind by insurance companies and have to charge high rates to patients to stay in business. But ...