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Northstar EMS INC.
Northstar EMS INC. was paid $6.17M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNORTHSTAR EMS INC.
SEARCY, AR 72143
SEARCY, AR 72143
33aNPI1427017532assigned 03/20/2006
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$6.17M
24GClaims70,452
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#4 of 21
Median peer was paid$734K
This provider vs. median8.4×
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 | 10,872 | $840K | |
| 2019 | 11,248 | $889K | |
| 2020 | 9,632 | $775K | |
| 2021 | 9,145 | $847K | |
| 2022 | 10,048 | $947K | |
| 2023 | 10,553 | $1.04M | |
| 2024incomplete | 8,954 | $830K |
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) | 39% | 17,256 | 13,932 | $2.41M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 28% | 35,019 | 24,807 | $1.74M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 15% | 8,056 | 6,565 | $916K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 12% | 7,271 | 6,000 | $749K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | 5.7% | 2,251 | 1,979 | $349K |
| A0382 | Bls routine disposable supplies | <1% | 75 | 66 | $492.48 |
| 93041 | <1% | 13 | 13 | $46.20 | |
| A0999 | Unlisted ambulance service | <1% | 465 | 318 | $39.75 |
| A0394 | Als specialized service disposable supplies; iv drug therapy | 0% | 46 | 40 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialSHULL, DONALD (PRESIDENT/OWNER)