Patient Travel Help offered by Mercy Medical Angels
Provides free, non-emergency medical transportation for on-going or critical treatment that is not local. Assistance includes gas cards as well as bus, train or airfare. Additionally covers the cost of one non-medical attendant if the doctor finds it medically necessary. Commercial Airline Tickets Provides charitable, need-based commercial airline assistance for patients and one medically-necessary escort. The patient must: - Be able to sit on their own once they are in the seat. - Require little or no medical attention. - Be able to transfer out of their wheelchair into their seat on the aircraft with little or no assistance (they cannot have someone literally pick them up and sit them in the seat). - If the patient requires oxygen, some airlines may provide it during the flight. Otherwise, the patient must have a portable oxygen concentrator (POC) approved by the FAA or the airlines. Commercial airlines require no less than 48 hours advance notice to prepare for the equipment needed. The patient is responsible for making these arrangements and paying any travel fees associated with the oxygen. Ground Transportation Patients are provided with gas cards, or commercial bus or Amtrak tickets to medically related treatment. These trips are for non-local medical care more than 50 miles away. Gas cards are also available for multiple trips to local treatment.
Location
4620 Haygood Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Application process
Visit website, click "request assistance" and fill out the request form.
Eligibility
Must have a medical need and be unable to afford medical transportation.
Fee
For airfare assistance, an income-based, minimal, nonrefundable airline ticket processing fee will be determined upon verification of all required income documentation. None for ground transportation.
Agency info
Mercy Medical Angels
Provides free, non-emergency medical transportation for on-going or critical treatment. Assistance includes gas cards as well as bus, train or airfare. Additionally covers the cost of one non-medical attendant if the doctor finds it medically necessary.