Kona Community Hospital, Hawaii Life Flight Renew Five-Year Preferred Provider Agreement

Kim Stevens Hawaii

Kona Community Hospital and Hawaii Life Flight have renewed their five-year preferred provider agreement. The agreement confirms the hospital will call Hawaii Life Flight first for all air medical patient transports within the scope of the air medical provider’s services.

“Hawaii Life Flight is honored to partner with Kona Community Hospital to serve the needs of its patients and the Kona community,” said Hawaii Life Flight Program Director Mark Leggett. “We are very excited to continue working with the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer Jay Kreuzer, and his team, to provide safe, compassionate and efficient solutions to medical transportation needs both in Kona and throughout the Hawaiian Islands,” Leggett added.

“Daily, Hawaii Life Flight crews work with our hospital teams to provide dedicated 24/7 emergency air transport to our patients.  The Kona Community Hospital / Hawaii Life Flight partnership, launched in 2014, has been a time saver and a life saver for our rural community,” said Kona Community Hospital CEO Jay Kruezer.

Hawaii Life Flight is committed to delivering exceptional patient care to the community. Hawaii Life Flight has provided a dedicated EC-135 twin engine helicopter branded with the Kona Community Hospital logo and based at the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport.

Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.