Transport
Town of Needham
Town of Needham was paid $263K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0429, emergency ambulance ride, basic life support — 55% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTOWN OF NEEDHAM
NEEDHAM, MA 02492
NEEDHAM, MA 02492
33aNPI1639113475assigned 06/15/2006
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$263K
24GClaims3,578
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#87 of 138
Median peer was paid$557K
This provider vs. median0.5×
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 | 196 | $21K | |
| 2019 | 427 | $23K | |
| 2020 | 361 | $13K | |
| 2021 | 647 | $36K | |
| 2022 | 528 | $36K | |
| 2023 | 766 | $66K | |
| 2024incomplete | 653 | $67K |
Box 24 · Service lines
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) | 55% | 915 | 845 | $146K |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 39% | 709 | 669 | $102K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 5.7% | 1,954 | 1,796 | $15K |
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 officialBUCKLEY, PAUL (FIRE CHIEF)