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Lifecare Ambulance Service, INC.
Lifecare Ambulance Service, INC. was paid $1.89M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is A0425, Ground mileage, per statute mile — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLIFECARE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.
WISE, VA 24293
WISE, VA 24293
33aNPI1205828779assigned 08/19/2005
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$1.89M
24GClaims39,471
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Virginia
Rank by total paid#15 of 149
Median peer was paid$198K
This provider vs. median9.6×
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 | 7,170 | $208K | |
| 2019 | 10,393 | $387K | |
| 2020 | 6,626 | $367K | |
| 2021 | 4,143 | $244K | |
| 2022 | 4,014 | $235K | |
| 2023 | 3,842 | $241K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,283 | $210K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 39% | 19,951 | 10,312 | $744K |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 31% | 5,939 | 4,607 | $590K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 18% | 3,767 | 2,924 | $345K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 11% | 9,612 | 3,624 | $210K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | <1% | 202 | 168 | $1K |
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 officialCARICO, PATRICIA (ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT)