Transport
West Thurston Regional Fire Protection Service Authority
West Thurston Regional Fire Protection Service Authority was paid $2.46M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0999, Unlisted ambulance service — 90% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWEST THURSTON REGIONAL FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE AUTHORITY
OLYMPIA, WA 98512
OLYMPIA, WA 98512
33aNPI1588960561assigned 02/08/2011
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$2.46M
24GClaims4,819
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Washington
Rank by total paid#46 of 142
Median peer was paid$676K
This provider vs. median3.6×
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 Concentration90% of spending on code A0999 with only 3 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 | 634 | $228K | |
| 2019 | 706 | $371K | |
| 2020 | 570 | $266K | |
| 2021 | 724 | $368K | |
| 2022 | 817 | $482K | |
| 2023 | 701 | $333K | |
| 2024incomplete | 667 | $407K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0999 | Unlisted ambulance service | 90% | 869 | 807 | $2.22M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 5.9% | 1,976 | 1,792 | $145K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 3.8% | 1,974 | 1,790 | $93K |
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 officialSMITH, ROB (FIRE CHIEF)