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Pafford Medical Services, INC
Pafford Medical Services, INC was paid $24.18M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 40% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPAFFORD MEDICAL SERVICES, INC
HOPE, AR 71801
HOPE, AR 71801
33aNPI1477652501assigned 09/22/2006
33bProvider typeAir Ambulance
28Total paid$24.18M
24GClaims201,047
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Air Ambulance providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#1 of 13
Median peer was paid$238K
This provider vs. median102×
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 | 18,521 | $2.29M | |
| 2019 | 20,442 | $2.56M | |
| 2020 | 18,214 | $2.36M | |
| 2021 | 24,453 | $3.32M | |
| 2022 | 42,164 | $4.61M | |
| 2023 | 44,326 | $5.04M | |
| 2024incomplete | 32,927 | $4.01M |
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) | 40% | 52,934 | 45,007 | $9.76M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 39% | 83,850 | 63,431 | $9.46M |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 9.2% | 19,510 | 14,628 | $2.22M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 7.2% | 10,918 | 9,800 | $1.75M |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | 1.8% | 2,226 | 2,093 | $424K |
| A0398 | Als routine disposable supplies | 1.2% | 24,120 | 14,466 | $280K |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | <1% | 5,942 | 4,873 | $125K |
| A0435 | Fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile | <1% | 30 | 30 | $61K |
| A0434 | Specialty care transport (sct) | <1% | 250 | 238 | $51K |
| A0430 | Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing) | <1% | 27 | 27 | $43K |
| A0394 | Als specialized service disposable supplies; iv drug therapy | <1% | 1,240 | 1,111 | $1K |
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 officialCLARK, LARRY (COMPLIANCE OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Pafford EMS of Oklahoma INC | Claremore, OK | $25.71M |
| Pafford Emergency Medical Services, INC. | Ruston, LA | $23.24M |
| Pafford Emergency Medical Services, INC | Clarksdale, MS | $22.23M |
| Pafford Medical Services of Mississippi, INC | Cleveland, MS | $12.30M |
| Sedgwick County Area Ed Serv 618 | Goddard, KS | $1.12M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.