{"id":23462,"date":"2019-12-05T04:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/?p=23462"},"modified":"2021-03-16T11:25:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:25:06","slug":"air-evac-closing-two-bases-in-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/air-evac-closing-two-bases-in-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Evac Closing Two Bases in Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PARAGOULD, Ark.  - Two Air Evac Lifeteam bases in Arkansas have closed, including the base in Paragould.
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President of Air Evac Lifeteam President Seth Myers said the main reason for the closures was low reimbursement for air medical flights.<\/span>  
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\u201cMedicare and Medicaid do not come close to reimbursing air medical companies for the actual cost of a flight,\u201d Myers said. \u201cMore than 70 percent of these people we fly are either on Medicare, Medicaid, or have no insurance.\u201d<\/span>  
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Myers also said that low reimbursement rates from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas made it where they could not maintain the bases in Paragould and Morrilton.<\/p>


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Myers said it costs $3 million to operate one base, and more than 87% of those costs are fixed.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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