Transport
Universal Carrier INC. Dba Golden Age Ambulette
Universal Carrier INC. Dba Golden Age Ambulette was paid $1.75M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is A0130, Non-emergency transportation: wheelchair van — 92% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoUNIVERSAL CARRIER INC. DBA GOLDEN AGE AMBULETTE
BROOKLYN, NY 11229
BROOKLYN, NY 11229
33aNPI1538359500assigned 07/26/2007
33bProvider typeNon-emergency Medical Transport (VAN)
28Total paid$1.75M
24GClaims16,803
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Non-emergency Medical Transport (VAN) providers in New York
Rank by total paid#33 of 232
Median peer was paid$260K
This provider vs. median6.8×
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.
Single-Code Concentration92% of spending on code A0130 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | 2,740 | $298K | |
| 2019 | 3,055 | $238K | |
| 2020 | 2,969 | $306K | |
| 2021 | 3,147 | $325K | |
| 2022 | 2,328 | $220K | |
| 2023 | 2,227 | $278K | |
| 2024incomplete | 337 | $87K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0130 | Non-emergency transportation: wheelchair van | 92% | 16,186 | 4,882 | $1.61M |
| T2003 | Non-emergency transportation, per tripNon-emergency transportation; encounter/trip | 8.4% | 617 | 150 | $148K |
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 officialKHANIN, VLADIMIR (SECRETARY)