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Columbus County EMS, INC

Columbus County EMS, INC was paid $109K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is A0428, Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) — 62% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCOLUMBUS COUNTY EMS, INC
WHITEVILLE, NC 28472
33aNPI1154368009assigned 05/31/2006
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$109K
24GClaims14,757
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Land Ambulance providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#88 of 140
Median peer was paid$330K
This provider vs. median0.3×

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

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20183,711$9K
20192,240$12K
20202,885$32K
20212,155$18K
20221,565$9K
20231,070$10K
2024incomplete1,131$19K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
A0428 Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) 62% 7,582 2,315 $67K
A0425 Ground mileage, per statute mile 31% 6,896 2,005 $33K
T2003 Non-emergency transportation, per tripNon-emergency transportation; encounter/trip 7.4% 17 12 $8K
A0888 Noncovered ambulance mileage, per mile (e.g., for miles traveled beyond closest appropriate facility) <1% 262 154 $104.35

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 officialWILLIAMSON, RAVEN (DIRECTOR)