Intermountain https://intermountainhealthcare.org recently signed an agreement to acquire Classic Air Medical (Classic) https://classicairmedical.com to strengthen their air medical, telehealth, and rural health services.
Classic, an air medical transport company, serves patients in eight western states including much of the same footprint as Intermountain’s telehealth service network.
Classic headquartered in North Salt Lake Utah, completed approximately 5,000 flights in 2020, with 22 bases located in Utah, Idaho. Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Alaska.
By using Classic, Intermountain will be able to better meet the healthcare needs in rural communities throughout the Intermountain West. The acquisition will enable Intermountain to expand support of physicians, clinics, and hospitals across the region through additional coordination with telehealth and digital care.
As caregivers in rural hospitals and clinics use telehealth, they may determine that patients need higher acuity and more specialized care. Classic makes it easier to transport these patients to the nearest medical facility that is best equipped to care for them.
Intermountain will maintain Classic as an independent group and does not plan to consolidate it with Intermountain’s Life Flight Air Medical program, since both groups will benefit from shared learning, strengths, and best practices.
Classic will continue to focus on the patients and communities it serves and the requesting agencies which it partners. Intermountain plans to retain the Classic leadership team as well as the approximately 400 Classic employees since most are pilots, flight nurses, and paramedics.