Air Methods now provides program management, aviation, fuel, maintenance, aircraft, dispatch, billing and EMS licensure for three Bayflite bases. Air Methods Photo
Air Methods Corporation, the global leader in emergency air medical transportation, commenced operations under the Bayflite preferred provider agreement as of Oct. 5. In May, Air Methods announced that it was entering into a preferred provider relationship with Bayfront Health and its Bayflite air medical transport program. The County licenses have transferred and the transition is complete.
“Air Methods is honored to be a long-time partner of Bayfront Health and the Bayflite program,” said Mike Allen, Air Methods’ president of domestic air medical services. “The program has strong roots in the community, caring for critically-ill and injured patients who need immediate, specialized care. Together, we devote ourselves safely and prudently to ensuring patients across 15 counties on the west coast of Florida have access to the highest quality, around-the-clock service.”
Under the new preferred provider arrangement, Air Methods provides program management, aviation, fuel, maintenance, aircraft, dispatch, billing and EMS licensure for the three Bayflite bases located in North Port (Sarasota County), Tampa (Hillsborough County) and Brooksville (Hernando County), Fla. Each base is staffed with 20 highly-trained Air Methods professionals, including flight nurses, flight paramedics, mechanics and pilots, in service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition, the program will continue to operate as Bayflite.
Since 1986, Bayflite has flown more than 56,000 patients.
