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Lucas County Health Center
Lucas County Health Center was paid $69K by Medicaid between Nov 2018 and Nov 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 57% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER
CHARITON, IA 50049
CHARITON, IA 50049
33aNPI1225245939assigned 05/16/2007
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$69K
24GClaims1,887
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthNov 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#26 of 45
Median peer was paid$85K
This provider vs. median0.8×
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 | 14 | $822.15 | |
| 2019 | 57 | $4K | |
| 2020 | 246 | $10K | |
| 2021 | 526 | $16K | |
| 2022 | 396 | $15K | |
| 2023 | 416 | $16K | |
| 2024incomplete | 232 | $7K |
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) | 57% | 623 | 485 | $39K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 43% | 1,264 | 939 | $30K |
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 officialJOHNSON, LORI (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Lucas County Health Center | Chariton, IA | $8.13M |
| Clay County | Moorhead, MN | $3.26M |
| A Caring Heart, LLC | Florissant, MO | $2.49M |
| Lucas County Health Center | Chariton, IA | $905K |
| Lucas County Health Center | Chariton, IA | $75K |
| Lucas County Health Center | Chariton, IA | $353.00 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.