Mercy Medical Airlift

Transport Modes: Commercial Airline Tickets Mercy Medical Airlift (MMA) administers charitable or deep-discount airline ticket programs for patients and patient escorts on behalf of various airlines. Ambulatory patient travel in excess of 1,000 miles necessitates the use of airline resources. Special circumstances can make use of these programs for even shorter distances advisable. MMA personnel are highly experienced in these diverse and often changing airline patient ticket programs. Volunteer Pilot Organizations Volunteer pilots are available to patients and an escort needing transportation for medical evaluation, diagnosis or treatment. Patients must be ambulatory, which means they must be able to walk, enter and exit the plane with little or no assistance, and require no medical care (i.e., doctor or nurse) en route. There must be a financial or compelling need for the flight. Volunteer pilot organizations can only assist when the destination is within 1,000 miles. Air Ambulance Coordination Air ambulance assistance services are available to act as an advocate to help locate and coordinate bed-to-bed air ambulance services and/or medically assisted commercial travel. Our purpose is to help patients and families through a difficult health crisis through compassionate counseling and working to lower air ambulance and medically assisted travel costs. We assist healthcare workers around the country by providing multiple resource options and education throughout the process. Source: http://mercymedical.org/