Health insurance usually covers a portion of the cost of air-medical transport, but few insurers cover the entire cost. That leaves the patient responsible for the remaining balance that insurance doesn’t cover. That can range from a few hundred to $10,000 or more that the patient owes out-of-pocket.
Accreditation and Licensure
LifeFlight Eagle is fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS), which is a peer review organization dedicated to improving patient care and transport safety by providing a dynamic accreditation process through the development of standards, education, and services.
LifeFlight Eagle has been CAMTS accredited since 2001, and it received full triennial accreditation after its most recent survey in early 2022. LifeFlight Eagle believes it is important to maintain this accreditation to continually review our processes to assure best practices are being met.
Additionally, LifeFlight Eagle is a licensed air and ground ambulance in the state of Missouri and Kansas. All of its nurses and paramedics are fully licensed in both states as well.