Air Ambulance Membership in Tucumcari, New Mexico
PHI Cares offers air ambulance membership in Tucumcari for your whole household. PHI Air Medical has a helicopter based in Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico. Here, PHI Air Medical flies as Rico Aviation. Rico Aviation partners with PHI Air Medical on the air medical program based in Tucumcari, serving eastern New Mexico. The helicopter flies in PHI yellow and black with the Rico logo.
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
- Tucumcari, New Mexico
- County
- Quay County
- Aircraft
- Airbus AS350 B3 helicopter
- Flies as
- Rico Aviation
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Towns near the Tucumcari base
Towns within about 60 miles of the Tucumcari base include Clovis, Santa Rosa, Logan, Fort Sumner, Melrose, Mosquero, Cannon AFB, Conchas Dam, Grady, House and Lake Sumner.
Counties: Quay County, Curry County and Harding County.
Other PHI Cares membership bases near Tucumcari: Albuquerque (168 miles).
Questions about air ambulance membership in Tucumcari
Does my PHI Cares membership cover a Rico Aviation flight?
Yes. Rico Aviation 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 Quay 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 New Mexico?
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.