Air Ambulance Membership in Longview, Texas
PHI Cares offers air ambulance membership in Longview for your whole household. PHI Air Medical has a helicopter based in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Here, PHI Air Medical flies as CHRISTUS Flight For Life. CHRISTUS Flight For Life is a cooperative venture between PHI Air Medical and CHRISTUS Health, serving East Texas.
PHI Cares members have $0 out-of-pocket responsibility for medically necessary flights by PHI Air Medical or a cooperative partner, under the membership Terms and Conditions.
- Base
- Longview, Texas
- County
- Gregg County
- Aircraft
- Airbus BK117 C-2 helicopter
- Flies as
- CHRISTUS Flight For Life
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Towns near the Longview base
Towns within about 60 miles of the Longview base include Tyler, Marshall, Kilgore, Henderson, Whitehouse, Carthage, Gladewater, White Oak, Gilmer and Hallsville in Texas; and Shreveport in Louisiana.
Counties: Gregg County, Rusk County, Harrison County, Upshur County, Panola County, Smith County and Marion County in Texas; and Caddo Parish in Louisiana.
Other PHI Cares membership bases near Longview: Mount Pleasant (57 miles), Palestine (71 miles) and Lufkin (72 miles).
Questions about air ambulance membership in Longview
Does my PHI Cares membership cover a CHRISTUS Flight For Life flight?
Yes. CHRISTUS Flight For Life is a PHI Air Medical cooperative partner. A medically necessary flight by PHI Air Medical or a cooperative partner carries $0 out-of-pocket responsibility for members, under the membership Terms and Conditions.
Who decides if a helicopter is sent?
In a medical emergency, always call 911. In most cases, the ground EMS crew first on the scene decides whether a helicopter is needed and requests one. For a transfer between hospitals, the patient's doctor requests the flight, and members can ask for PHI Air Medical when possible.
Does my membership work outside Gregg County?
Yes. Membership benefits apply to medically necessary flights by PHI Air Medical or a cooperative partner, wherever those flights happen. What matters is who performs the flight, not where you live. PHI Air Medical has 71 membership bases in 14 states.
How much is a PHI Cares membership in Texas?
One membership covers your whole household: $75 for 1 year, $195 for 3 years, $295 for 5 years or $585 for 10 years. You can also pay $8.99 a month.
Membership in the PHI Cares Program is not an insurance product. PHI Cares does not cover and will not pay or reimburse you for services performed by any other air medical transport services provider or any ground ambulance services provider.