National Children & Youth Conference

1. National Children & Youth Conference

3. About Mercy Medical Airlift (MMA) • In operation for over 30 years • Incorporated as a non-profit for 25 years • Earned top Four Star award by Charity Navigator for 6 consecutive years • Headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA • Service provided to all 50 states • Limited service provided Internationally

4. Transportations Modes • Commercial Airline Tickets • Ambulatory outpatients traveling long distances • Volunteer Pilot Organizations • Ambulatory outpatients traveling less than 1000 miles • Air Ambulance • Patient travel requires medical monitoring en route

5. STATISTICS... • Over 21,000 clients served in FY 2009 • 7,976 flights completed in FY 2009 • 6,400 Commercial Airline • 1,446 Volunteer Pilot • 130 Air Ambulance • Public benefit exceeded $3,500,000

6. FUNDING... • Individuals • Churches • Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) • Workplace Campaigns • Foundations and Corporations 96% of Mercy Medical Airlifts budget goes directly to services – only 4% is spent on admin & fundraising

7. DONATIONS: Financial and In-Kind... • Sustain our flight coordination center • Provide public awareness • Literature • PSAs • Fund pilot recruitment • Support commercial airline ticket programs Mercy Medical Airlift has earned the top FOUR STAR rating by Charity Navigator for 6 consecutive years

8. PATIENT QUALIFICATIONS... • Have financial need • Verified by clergy, social worker, etc • Medically cleared to fly • Mandatory before we can coordinate a flight • Be ambulatory and able to sit upright • Provide 5 business days notice • Exceptions based on situation Above doesn’t apply for air ambulance service...

9. PROGRAMS... • National Patient Air Transport Helpline • Provides information about all forms of charitable, long-distance medical air transportation and provides referrals to all appropriate sources of help available in the national charitable medical air transportation network • Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic • Ambulatory outpatients traveling less than 1000 miles departing from District of Columbia, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia

10. PROGRAMS... • Airlift Hope • Ambulatory outpatients traveling less than 1000 miles departing from North Carolina, Tennessee • Charitable Patient Airline Tickets • Patient travel exceeds 1,000 miles • Reasons that preclude flying in general aviation aircraft • Air Compassion America • Patient travel requires air ambulance and medical monitoring en route – average savings of 38%

11. PROGRAMS... • Air Compassion For Veterans • Provide medically related air transport services to troops, veterans and their immediate family members • Homeland Security Emergency Air Transportation System (HSEATS) • HSEATS is the disaster response component of MMA • 2,600 missions completed in KATRINA response • Child/Special Lift • Provides for nationwide administration of clinical trial travel requirements in support of special/rare disease organizations.

12. CONTACT... • Patient requiring assistance • 1-800-296-1217 • email: info@mercymedicalairlift.org • Websites: • www.MercyMedical.org • www.PatientTravel.org • Information • 1-757-318-9174

13. Thank You!!!