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What Need To Know About Medical Transportation Policies
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What Need To Know About Medical Transportation Policies

A policy is an agreement between a patient/patient and a health care organization that both have an interest in providing medical services to others. The medical transport policies vary greatly in the areas they cover and the extent of coverage provided. These policies can either be purchased individually or as part of a larger medical insurance package such as hospital or clinic insurance. There are also policies that only cover certain types of medical transportation, such as blood/donor transportation. In addition to covering the medical cost of transporting someone who cannot travel by themselves or with another person's help, medical transport policies are designed to protect the health care organization as a whole. Most policies will reimburse the cost of transporting a patient be...