Supplier
American Medical Alert Corp
American Medical Alert Corp was paid $88.21M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is S5161, Emergency response system; service fee, per month (excludes installation and testing) — 86% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoAMERICAN MEDICAL ALERT CORP
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101
33aNPI1609931583assigned 12/22/2006
33bProvider typeEmergency Response System Companies
28Total paid$88.21M
24GClaims3,065,322
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Emergency Response System Companies providers in New York
Rank by total paid#1 of 10
Median peer was paid$130K
This provider vs. median677×
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 | 320,364 | $9.71M | |
| 2019 | 407,701 | $14.26M | |
| 2020 | 486,350 | $14.12M | |
| 2021 | 470,806 | $12.99M | |
| 2022 | 461,053 | $12.55M | |
| 2023 | 469,320 | $12.67M | |
| 2024incomplete | 449,728 | $11.91M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5161 | Emergency response system; service fee, per month (excludes installation and testing) | 86% | 2,797,322 | 2,750,634 | $75.51M |
| S5185 | Medication reminder service, non-face-to-face; per month | 7.8% | 127,784 | 117,239 | $6.85M |
| A9280 | Alert or alarm device, not otherwise classified | 2.6% | 47,405 | 44,507 | $2.34M |
| A9279 | Monitoring feature/device, stand-alone or integrated, any type, includes all accessories, components and electronics, not otherwise classified | 2.2% | 50,984 | 47,407 | $1.94M |
| S5160 | Emergency response system; installation and testing | 1.6% | 38,217 | 34,851 | $1.43M |
| T2029 | Specialized medical equipment, not otherwise specified, waiver | <1% | 3,610 | 2,704 | $140K |
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 officialFITZGERALD, DAWN (DIRECTOR, CONTRACTS & COMPLIANCE)
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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.