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Guardian Flight LLC

Guardian Flight LLC was paid $2.11M by Medicaid between Jun 2019 and Feb 2023, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is A0430, Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing) — 50% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoGUARDIAN FLIGHT LLC
SAFFORD, AZ 85546
33aNPI1043779135assigned 03/18/2019
33bProvider typeAir Ambulance
28Total paid$2.11M
24GClaims1,724
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJun 2019 – Feb 2023
Compared with peers

Next to other Air Ambulance providers in Arizona

Rank by total paid#8 of 17
Median peer was paid$1.97M
This provider vs. median1.1×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official THOMAS, ERIC controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K$150K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
201974$79K
2020634$748K
2021522$642K
2022418$550K
202376$94K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
A0430 Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing) 50% 861 834 $1.06M
A0435 Fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile 50% 863 835 $1.05M

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 officialTHOMAS, ERIC (SVP OF REVENUE MANAGEMENT)
Parent organizationGUARDIAN FLIGHT LLC
Same official

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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.