Incidental Medical Expense Assistance | Mercy Medical Angels
Provide transportation expense assistance to patients with financial need, including in the air (with commercial airline tickets) and on the ground (with gas cards and bus/train tickets). Also offers services to travel for veterans to clinical care, service dog acquisition services, healing retreats and PTS and TBI treatments.
Categories
Physical Address
Hours
Monday to Thursday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Friday, 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Application process
(1) Go to website and select 'Request Assistance' (2) Select what type of assistance required and complete required screening: a. Commercial Airline Ticket, b. Ground Transportation (3) A minimum of 21 days' notice is required before travel (4) Provide required documentation
Fee
No fees (except for those related to oxygen tanks)
Eligibility
Patients must be ambulatory (able to walk independently, enter and exit the plane with little or no assistance) and require no medical care (from doctor, nurse, etc.) en route to destination; If patient requires oxygen, unless provided by the airlines, patient must have a portable oxygen concentrators (POC) approved by the FAA or the airlines, a. Patient is responsible for making these arrangements and paying for travel fees associated with the oxygen; Meet income guidelines
Agency info
Mercy Medical Angels
Provide transportation to patients with financial needs, including in the air (with commercial airline tickets and volunteer pilots) and on the ground (with gas cards and bus/train tickets). Also offers services to travel to clinical care, service dog acquisition services, healing retreats and PTS and TBI treatments.