“ Serving New England


Boston MedFlight (BMF) was created by a consortium of six Boston-area academic medical centers in 1985. The organization was established as New England Life Flight Inc. as an independent, non-profit corporation to provide critical-care transport across eastern Massachusetts and New England; not just to serve the consortium hospitals, but also to be a service to its Commonwealth communities.


BMF’s primary service area is eastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, but it may respond as far as the neighboring states of Delaware, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. BMF transported its first patient on June 26, 1985, a 14-year-old male injured in an explosion.


From that beginning, BMF’s mission has been to transport patients to the nearest appropriate medical facility, regardless of the patients’ ability to pay. Starting with one helicopter, two pilots, and eight clinical staff flying out of Logan International Airport, BMF has grown to six helicopters, two jets, nine critical care ground ambulances, and over 200 employees.


BMF serves the area from four bases across eastern Massachusetts


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Hanscom Field, Mansfield Municipal, and Plymouth Municipal airports. Each base is staffed 24/7 with a helicopter and ground ambulance. Some of the bases have dedicated ground- ambulance teams, while others have ground ambulances on days that are below flying weather minimums. The jets are based at headquarters located at Bedford-Hanscom Field. Operating from airports, whether controlled or uncontrolled, is important since they provide the IFR infrastructure BMF routinely needs for operations.


A major milestone was achieved in 2017 when BMF received its FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate and transitioned from a vendor program to an independent air operator. Later, in 2024, BMF became a licensed ambulance service in New Hampshire and Rhode Island.


The majority of BMF’s funding comes from insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid reimbursements. The organization does not bill patients for unreimbursed charges. According to the program, it provides over $7 million in unreimbursed transport costs each year. In addition to a subsidy from BMF’s consortium hospitals, the program has a very active fundraising operation. BMF consistently engages a number of organizations and individuals that support its mission through personal and corporate philanthropy.


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