Air Ambulance Companies Fight ‘Surprise Billing’ Legislation – T.V. Ads target rural communities

NASHVILLE, TN - Commercials are claiming helicopter ambulances bases are closing are designed to derail a proposed law that would stop surprise billing.

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Boston MedFlight Using Nantucket Cottage Hospital Helipad Again

NANTUCKET – Boston MedFlight has resumed patient transfer operations at Nantucket Cottage Hospital after a week of practice runs.

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Honoring EMT DaryLynne Day – Line of Duty Death

DEER LODGE, Montana - On Sunday, ambulances, fire trucks, law enforcement, and other vehicles representing 61 agencies from Spokane, Wash., to Valley County, Mont., form a...

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After 11.7 Million Calls and 40 Years of Service – Dispatcher hangs up headset

St. Johns - Rodney (Cocker) Dunn has dispatched taxis in St. John’s for 39 years, but he started his last shift on Saturday at 3 p.m.

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Using 14-Gauge Needle On 13-Year Old Girl, Gets One Firefighter Fired, Another Suspended

LANCASTER - One Lancaster firefighter has been fired, and another one has been suspended, after a four-month investigation found misconduct during a medical run in April.

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Air Ambulance ‘Membership Plans’ No Longer Regulated by Alaska

ALASKA – Alaska is taking a step back from regulating the membership plans marketed by air ambulance providers. State regulators say it’ll cut unnecessary red tape. But...

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Wyoming Considers Making Air Ambulances Part of Its Public Health Department

Wyoming - Wyoming has come up with a unique way to make air ambulances — a common source of huge surprise medical bills — more affordable, according to the Georgetown...

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New Zealand EMS Takes Delivery of First H145 Helicopter

New Zealand -- Airbus has delivered two H145 helicopters to the New Zealand Helicopter Emergency Medical Services at a ceremony at the GCH Aviation Group headquarters.

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Air Ambulances Save, and Sometimes Destroy, Lives – 53K Surprise Bill leaves couple feeling helpless

LITCHFIELD, Ohio — More than 550,000 Americans are flown by air ambulances each year, and the price for those flights is getting more and more costly.

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Dale Earnheart Jr. and Family Survive Plane Crash

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Family Survive Plane Crash

Tennessee -- Dale Earnhardt Jr, famed NASCAR driver and auto racing analyst, and his wife were involved in a private jet crash in east Tennessee and escaped serious injury,...

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