County renews PHI Cares Program

Caldwell County

Caldwell County Commissioners voted at the Oct. 22 meeting to renew the county’s agreement with PHI Air Medical and approved an order that exempts the agreement from competitive bidding requirements.

The company’s PHI Cares Program provides air medical transport benefits for all residents of Caldwell County when they are transported by a PHI Air Medical aircraft in the region.  

Membership in the program costs the county $85,847 annually. 

Per the terms of the agreement, Caldwell County residents are not required to pay any additional out-of-pocket expense for their emergency air medical transportation when a PHI Air Medical aircraft in the region transports them from Caldwell County or a surrounding county, including Bastrop, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis and Fayette counties. 

The renewal became in effect Oct. 1.