Lifeguard Ambulance Service LLC
Lifeguard Ambulance Service LLC was paid $681K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is A0428, Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) — 49% of everything it billed.
KNOXVILLE, TN 37931
Next to other Ambulance providers in Tennessee
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8,990 | $72K | |
| 2019 | 6,863 | $84K | |
| 2020 | 8,850 | $65K | |
| 2021 | 7,416 | $75K | |
| 2022 | 5,399 | $66K | |
| 2023 | 7,444 | $77K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,552 | $243K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 49% | 19,251 | 6,544 | $336K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 30% | 1,790 | 1,506 | $205K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 16% | 20,746 | 8,085 | $111K |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 3.2% | 180 | 167 | $22K |
| A0380 | Bls mileage (per mile) | <1% | 765 | 301 | $6K |
| A0382 | Bls routine disposable supplies | <1% | 4,020 | 1,846 | $697.88 |
| A0398 | Als routine disposable supplies | <1% | 3,439 | 1,543 | $554.54 |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | 0% | 323 | 82 | $0.00 |
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.
Who's on the registration
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.