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Air Evac EMS, INC.

Air Evac EMS, INC. was paid $1.00M by Medicaid between Jun 2018 and Jun 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is A0431, Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing) — 69% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoAIR EVAC EMS, INC.
OPELOUSAS, LA 70570
33aNPI1427435114assigned 05/01/2015
33bProvider typeAir Ambulance
28Total paid$1.00M
24GClaims666
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJun 2018 – Jun 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Air Ambulance providers in Louisiana

Rank by total paid#3 of 7
Median peer was paid$485K
This provider vs. median2.1×

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 THOMAS, ERIC controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2018103$143K
201930$53K
202034$35K
202154$50K
202276$120K
2023343$504K
2024incomplete26$96K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
A0431 Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing) 69% 335 247 $693K
A0436 Rotary wing air mileage, per statute mile 31% 331 248 $307K

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 officialTHOMAS, ERIC (SVP OF REVENUE MANAGEMENT)
Parent organizationAIR EVAC EMS, INC.
Same official

Other billing entities under THOMAS, ERIC

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Mercy Ambulance of Evansville INCLexington, KY$2.14M
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Air Evac EMS INCCampbellsville, KY$1.80M
Air Evac EMS INCMiddlesboro, KY$1.77M
Herren Enterprises INCSanta Ana, CA$1.47M
Air Evac EMS INCMount Vernon, IL$1.43M
Air Evac EMS INCHopkinsville, KY$1.28M
Metro Ambulance Service (Rural), INC.Alexandria, LA$1.17M
Air Evac EMS INCDanville, KY$1.08M
Med-Trans CorporationGreeneville, TN$920K
Med-Trans CorporationDouglas, AZ$724K
Air Evac EMS, INC.Bowling Green, KY$635K
Air Evac EMS INCMarion, IL$627K
Air Evac EMS INCBatesville, MS$623K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.