REACH Air Medical Holdings currently operates from 27 bases throughout California, Oregon and Texas. Skip Robinson Photo
REACH Air Medical Services announces the planned acquisition of Summit Air Ambulance from Texas Next Capital, based in San Antonio, Texas.
Summit is headquartered in Meridian, Idaho and uses medically configured helicopters and airplanes to transport injured patients from accident scenes and community hospitals to higher levels of care. Flight medics and nurses provide an ICU level of care during patient transports.
Summit and its affiliated companies have been providing critical care air medical services for 16 years and have transported over 7,000 critically ill and injured patients in Nevada and Montana. Summit operates a total of eight AgustaWestland helicopters and Pilatus PC-12 airplanes from six bases in four locations in Nevada and Montana, with a new base opening in La Junta, Colo., in June.
REACH Air Medical Holdings, based in Santa Rosa, Calif., operates from 27 bases throughout California, Oregon and Texas, with helicopters, planes and ground ambulances. REACH has transported more than 100,000 patients since its beginnings in Northern California in 1987.
REACH president Sean Russell said, “REACH is excited to have the opportunity to be part of serving the Nevada and Montana communities Summit has partnered with so well, and to serve the hospitals in and around Pueblo, Colo., beginning in June. Summit has become an integral member of the critical care and emergency response system in these communities and we look forward to supporting and continuing those services. We have received very positive feedback from Summit customers and employees about the acquisition and have planned a transition that will smoothly enhance Summit’s service to customers and patients without interruption.”
Summit chief executive officer Monty Gallegos said, “We are very proud to have worked with first responders and hospital partners in Northern Nevada and Montana to provide quality care and quick response in emergency situations. In some communities, the life-saving resource Summit brought was not available at all, and in other communities, we were able to work with our partners to make important enhancements to the quality, safety and stability of the available air medical care. We are excited about the expanded resources REACH will provide including additional aircraft, specialized training and CAMTS accreditation to serve our customers and employees even better.”
Patients who are currently part of Summit’s Membership Plan will continue to receive the valuable benefits of membership. Over the next few months, Summit Membership Plan participants will transition to REACH’s AirMedCare Network, the largest air medical transport membership network in the U.S., and will receive expanded benefits and reciprocal coverage with a number of other air transport programs.
REACH invests in customers through safety and clinical education training for emergency and hospital personnel throughout their footprint, sharing of clinical data and knowledge, and a robust customer service response program aimed at continuous improvement of service.
