Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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EMERGILITY™ is a Medical-Security consultancy, Private Security Service (PSS) Business (DCJS ID: 11-18032), and private Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency (Code: 50537) packaged together as a Protective Medicine practice (EM/EMS NPI: 1932874096) with a mobile urgent care capability. 

No. EMERGILITY™ is neither governmental nor law-enforcement. EMERGILITY is a private entity (Protective Medicine Practice, PSS Business, and EMS Agency).

6VAC20-172-10. Definitions., a "Private security services business" means any person engaged in the business of providing, or who undertakes to provide... security officers, personal protection specialists, private investigators... and their assistants to another person under contract, express or implied.

Yes. EMERGILITY™ is licensed by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) as a Private Security Service (PSS) Business (License # 11-18032).

12VAC5-66-10. Definitions., an "Emergency medical services agency" or "EMS agency" means any agency, licensed to engage in the business, service, or regular activity, whether or not for profit, of transporting or rendering immediate medical care to such persons who are sick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless.

Yes. EMERGILITY™ is licensed by the Virginia Department of Public Health (VDH), Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) as an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency (Code 50537). 

PSS-EMS is the combination of Private Security Services (PSS) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). EMERGILITY created PSS-EMS to professionalize the use of EMS in PSS environments, and to facilitate the delivery of pre-hospital medical-support and medical-security to clients and patients through the practice of Protective Medicine.

Protective Medicine™ is a specialty practice of medicine that combines aspects of concierge, preventative, and emergency medicine with security, protection, and emergency medical services. Protective Medicine includes the provision of discreet, protective, urgent, and emergency care to facilitate the delivery of medical force-protection across personal, private, and public care settings.

Mobile Urgent Care brings urgent, non-emergency, care directly to clients and patients using mobile medical capabilities, physician-extension practices, and tele-medicine technology.

Concierge Medicine is a health delivery model where clients and patients pay an annual fee or retainer to have enhanced access to their medical provider and their provider’s practice.

Concierge Emergency Medicine is an expansion of Concierge Medicine where clients and patients pay an annual fee or retainer to have enhanced access to pre-hospital emergency medicine and medical services.

Concierge Emergency Medical Services (C-EMS) combines a Concierge Medicine model with Emergency Medicine and EMS to enhance the client and patient experience, and improve access to private medical services. 

A Concierge Paramedic operates under the medical control of licensed physician/practice with an expanded scope of practice allowing clients to receive direct patient care via physician extension.

No. EMERGILITY does not compete with or replace public EMERGENCY 9-1-1 services. Rather, EMERGILITY provides enhanced client and patient access to private security, protection, and emergency medical services (EMS) that complement existing public EMERGENCY 9-1-1 services. EMERGILITY’s concierge-like services are available to clients and patients before and after emergencies, not just during.

Yes. EMERGILITY is authorized to respond to medical emergencies using a licensed, insured, emergency plated, permitted, and unmarked Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV). This provides EMERGILITY with a unique rapid response capability to reach clients/patients in need of immediate, urgent, and emergent medical care.

EMERGILITY helps personal, private, and public clients manage their security, protection, and medical needs through agile Emergency, Concierge, and Protective Medicine services not traditionally available.

Some companies provide Concierge Medicine, Private Security Services (PSS), or Private Emergency Medical Services (EMS), but no other company combines these service offerings to deliver Protective Medicine, PSS-EMS, cEMS, and MIH-CP via private ERVs. 

No. From our research, no other company to-date has the infrastructure in place to operate like EMERGILITY.

EMERGILITY is based in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA.

EMERGILITY currently operates in Northern Virginia and is authorized to operate throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Under certain circumstances, EMERGILITY can provide select services across state-lines, as permitted by law. [EMERGILITY is expanding practice and agency licensing]

Yes. EMERGILITY maintains private, local, state, and national licensing, registrations, permits, certifications, and insurance required to operate the Protective Medicine practice, PSS Business (VA DCJS 11-18032), EMS Agency (VA EMS 50537), and ERVs.

Yes. EMERGILITY maintains an operational medical director, licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as required by law. All paramedics and mid-level providers operate under standing orders and/or online medical direction as needed to treat patients.

Yes. EMERGILITY’s medical director is board certified in Emergency Medicine and board certified in Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

Yes. EMERGILITY leverages continuous improvement across all services and experiences. EMERGILITY welcomes constructive feedback and requests for new lines of service. 

Physician extension occurs when a licensed physician authorizes a non-physician to act as a physician extender to provide medical care to patients directly under the physician's medical license. In traditional practices the physician extender is a nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) operating under a collaborative practice agreement with the physician. 

Yes. EMERGILITY provides discreet, protective, urgent, and emergency services utilizing physicians, physician extenders (advanced practitioners, nurses, and EMS providers), mixed medical-security professionals, and non-medical security personnel. The level and type of security or medical provider present at the time of service is based on personnel and resource availability.

No. EMERGILITY does not accept insurance. EMERGILITY maintains a concierge model allowing clients/patients to enhanced access to routine, urgent, and emergent services at an affordable cost. 

The cost for accessing public EMERGENCY 9-1-1 services can vary from jurisdiction-to-jurisdiction. For the most part, patients should expect to receive an $800.00 to $1,200.00 bill at minimum when calling 9-1-1 for service. 

A trip to the Hospital Emergency Department could cost around $3,000.00 per visit, depending on the hospital and level of care provided.

The current market rate for a Concierge Medicine subscription starts around $1,200.00 to $3,000.00 and upwards of $10,000.00 per year. [unlike EMERGILITY, most concierge medicine services lack an emergency response capability] 

The EMERGILITY Privacy Practices are located here.

Yes. EMERGILITY provides services exclusively for clients/patients – individual, private, and public – who have an established membership agreement with EMERGILITY for its services. In certain situations EMERGILITY will respond to help the general public: if summoned; as a Good Samaritan; or in-agreement with a response agency or authority.

Anyone can apply to join EMERGILITY. Albeit, as a concierge-like protective medicine practice and  private security, protection, and emergency medical services agency, EMERGILITY limits membership access to maintain effective client and patient-to-provider ratios. As the practice grows, so will access to additional member resources, services, and providers.

The client or patient who values enhanced access to personal security and protection (PSS-EMS), along with private concierge + emergency medical services (C-EMS), would benefit from EMERGILITY’s services.

EMERGILITY offers an array of private services not currently available with any other business, agency, or practice (security or medical). EMERGILITY is client and patient focused, affordable, and dedicated to the delivery of enhanced, concierge, and private security, protection, and emergency medical services beyond traditional public or private offerings. When clients and patients cannot and will not allow any compromise to their personal/private security and medical needs, they choose EMERGILITY. 

To join EMERGILITY, click here or email info@emergility.com.