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California Em-I Medical Services, a Medical Corporation

California Em-I Medical Services, a Medical Corporation was paid $2.77M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 68% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCALIFORNIA EM-I MEDICAL SERVICES, A MEDICAL CORPORATION
LAKEWOOD, CA 90712
33aNPI1386693521assigned 05/06/2006
33bProvider typePhysician Assistant
28Total paid$2.77M
24GClaims54,673
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Physician Assistant providers in California

Rank by total paid#10 of 187
Median peer was paid$4K
This provider vs. median658×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official VAUGHN, KAREN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$25K$50K$75K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201811,011$451K
201913,179$634K
20208,540$467K
20219,666$549K
20227,871$440K
20234,169$227K
2024incomplete237$6K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 68% 26,265 25,447 $1.89M
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 14% 7,955 7,541 $391K
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 9.7% 8,288 8,072 $270K
93010 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only 5.4% 10,592 9,876 $151K
99291 Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes 2.5% 937 912 $68K
71045 Radiologic examination, chest; single view <1% 600 590 $3K
93042 <1% 24 24 $122.34
99053 <1% 12 12 $100.45

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 officialVAUGHN, KAREN (OFFICER)
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