Are air ambulance services payable when a patient requires a transfer from one hospital to another hospital?

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Submitted by Gail.Atnip on

Yes, air ambulance services are payable from hospital to hospital, if it meets medical appropriateness criteria and the transferring hospital does not have adequate facilities to provide the medical services needed by the patient. We will only reimburse to the nearest available medically appropriate facility.

 

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