AirCare billing secrecy blocks release of payments details
Rep Bobby Kaufmann urged release of information on air ambulance payments from UI Hospitals to Air Methods. The Gazette sought contract data, but the amount paid by Air Methods to UIHC remains blacked out, with court filings citing trade secret concerns. AirCare, UIHC and Air Methods all figure prominently in the longstanding program.
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UI AirCare
Iowa
Mike Dillard
AirCare
Dillard
Waterloo
AirCare II
Covenant Medical Center
AirCare III
Mercy Medical Center
Dubuque
UIHC
Rocky Mountain Holdings
Air Methods
the Gazette
Denver
USHC
The
Gazette
University
Ann Goff
US Transparency Officer
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Brant
Des Moines
Air Methods billing scrutiny and patient bills rise
The report details Asher Vermeulen’s birth and airlift to Iowa City plus a $50 000 Air Methods bill later reduced to a $500 out of pocket payment amid lawsuits alleging price gouging. It covers other cases nationwide, patient concerns, insurer reimbursements, and efforts to aid bills. It notes Med-Trans LifeGuard Helicopters and Johnson County dispatch policies.
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Asher
NICU
Vermeulens
Air Methods
Stephen Vermeulen
Ing Air Methods
Consumer Reports
Jon Hanlon
Research 360
Rick Sherlock
The
Association of Air Medical Services
Med-Trans Corp
Air Medical Group Holdings
Med-Trans
Unity Point Health-St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Sioux City
St. Luke's LifeGuard
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Quad Cities
Marshalltown
Johnson County
Brant
Gary Vercruysse
University of Arizona Medical Center
Tom Jones
Stephen
Kristine Vermeulen
Moline
Ill
Kase
Sunny
AirCare
Dubuque
Iawa City
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Lifesaving
Canadian Journal of Surgery
AirCare Transports
University of Iowa Hospitals
Science Daily
Galena
Kristine
Michael
Tabitha Cox
West Virginia
Bloomberg
Ohio
Billy Byler
Caplaintiff
Donald Reid
Atlas
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Board of Regents
AirMethods
Goff
Regents
Josh Lehman
Cathy Glasson
UIHE
Pam Jochum
D-Dubuque
Erin
Jordan
Thegazette
United States
Atlas and Database of Air Medical Services