Columbia Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated
Columbia Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated was paid $24K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Feb 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 79% of everything it billed.
COLUMBIA, CT 06237
Next to other Ambulance providers in Connecticut
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 | 71 | $529.92 | |
| 2019 | 15 | $123.84 | |
| 2020 | 67 | $432.00 | |
| 2021 | 223 | $18K | |
| 2022 | 119 | $4K | |
| 2023 | 42 | $322.20 | |
| 2024incomplete | 13 | $198.74 |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 79% | 114 | 95 | $19K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 21% | 436 | 356 | $5K |
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
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| City of Troy | Troy, NY | $3.65M |
| City of Ansonia | Ansonia, CT | $1.75M |
| Palmer Ambulance Service INC | Palmer, MA | $1.04M |
| American Legion Ambulance Fund INC | Moosup, CT | $931K |
| Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corp | Beacon, NY | $681K |
| Carthage Area Rescue Squad INC | Carthage, NY | $592K |
| Town of Mansfield | Storrs Mansfield, CT | $519K |
| The Newtown Ambulance Association INC | Newtown, CT | $383K |
| Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squad INC | Potsdam, NY | $356K |
| Polaski County Board of Supervisors | Fairlawn, VA | $349K |
| Town of Bloomfield | Bloomfield, CT | $348K |
| The University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT | $344K |
| Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corps INC | Eastchester, NY | $303K |
| Thomaston Volunteer Ambulance Corps INC | Thomaston, CT | $285K |
| Town of Tolland | Tolland, CT | $284K |
| Ellington Volunteer Ambulance Corps INC | Ellington, CT | $273K |
| Scott County Life Saving & First Aid Crew INC | Gate City, VA | $227K |
| Anson Rescue Squad INC | Wadesboro, NC | $216K |
| Town of Milton | Milton, VT | $198K |
| Rocky Hill Volunteer Ambulance Assoc. INC | Rocky Hill, CT | $188K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.