Friends of Elder Citizens, INC.

Friends of Elder Citizens, INC. was paid $79K by Medicaid between Sep 2020 and Dec 2023, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is A0100, non-emergency taxi ride to a medical appointment — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFRIENDS OF ELDER CITIZENS, INC.
PALACIOS, TX 77465

33aNPI1225187537assigned 01/09/2007

33bProvider typeSecured Medical Transport (VAN)

28Total paid$79K

24GClaims1,899

24DCodes billed1

24AFirst – last monthSep 2020 – Dec 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Secured Medical Transport (VAN) providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#42 of 55

Median peer was paid$494K

This provider vs. median0.2×

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
2020	675	$27K
2021	955	$39K
2022	186	$8K
2023	83	$6K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
A0100	Non-emergency taxi ride to a medical appointmentNon-emergency transportation; taxi	100%	1,899	536	$79K

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 officialROSE, SANDRA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)