Lifewest Southern California

Lifewest Southern California was paid $413K by Medicaid between Mar 2019 and Mar 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is A0428, Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) — 72% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLIFEWEST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SAN DIEGO, CA 92123

33aNPI1386117711assigned 01/08/2019

33bProvider typeAmbulance

28Total paid$413K

24GClaims8,434

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthMar 2019 – Mar 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Ambulance providers in California

Rank by total paid#64 of 96

Median peer was paid$1.63M

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

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
2019	660	$36K
2020	299	$19K
2021	1,084	$49K
2022	2,574	$106K
2023	3,483	$183K
2024incomplete	334	$19K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
A0428	Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls)	72%	3,888	2,968	$297K
A0425	Ground mileage, per statute mile	24%	4,439	3,392	$99K
A0429	Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)	3.7%	95	90	$15K
A0434	Specialty care transport (sct)	<1%	12	12	$2K

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 officialTENNYSON, GARY (SHAREHOLDER)