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North Channel Emergency Medical Services Association
North Channel Emergency Medical Services Association was paid $252K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2022, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 51% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNORTH CHANNEL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION
HOUSTON, TX 77015
HOUSTON, TX 77015
33aNPI1013985589assigned 03/10/2006
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$252K
24GClaims3,089
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#87 of 184
Median peer was paid$197K
This provider vs. median1.3×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 15 | $254.86 | |
| 2020 | 332 | $29K | |
| 2021 | 1,658 | $147K | |
| 2022 | 1,084 | $75K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 51% | 617 | 527 | $128K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 30% | 422 | 353 | $76K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 14% | 1,185 | 980 | $36K |
| A0398 | Als routine disposable supplies | 2.6% | 473 | 387 | $7K |
| A0382 | Bls routine disposable supplies | 2.0% | 392 | 317 | $5K |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialLAAKE, KAREN (AUTHORIZED AGENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| South Lake Houston Emergency Medical Services | Houston, TX | $889K |
| City of Luling | Luling, TX | $194K |
| Rosehill Fire Department | Tomball, TX | $11K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.