4 years ago
Be very careful. Needed a transfer to another hosp...
Be very careful. Needed a transfer to another hospital out of the area for psychiatric care. Instead of calling for an ambulance, and without asking, they ordered an air ambulance for a non-life threatening, non-time critical condition. The nurse claimed they didn't have enough ambulances in the local area. But, they never even tried to call. Despite insurance paying a considerable amount of money to the life flight company, balanced-billing still left me with a life-crushing bill. I am worried about a possible conflict of interest between the hospital and the local life flight service after witnessing a similar incident to another patient. Don't fall for the necessity of an air ambulance when a regular ambulance will do.