Transport
Southwest Health System, INC.
Southwest Health System, INC. was paid $789K by Medicaid between Jan 2019 and Dec 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 46% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSOUTHWEST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
CORTEZ, CO 81321
CORTEZ, CO 81321
33aNPI1679058184assigned 10/01/2018
33bProvider typeNon-emergency Medical Transport (VAN)
28Total paid$789K
24GClaims10,401
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Non-emergency Medical Transport (VAN) providers in Colorado
Rank by total paid#38 of 111
Median peer was paid$281K
This provider vs. median2.8×
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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2,822 | $171K | |
| 2020 | 1,647 | $146K | |
| 2021 | 1,478 | $41K | |
| 2022 | 1,268 | $51K | |
| 2023 | 1,161 | $89K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,025 | $291K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 46% | 2,268 | 1,942 | $362K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 29% | 1,410 | 1,154 | $227K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 25% | 6,723 | 4,872 | $200K |
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 officialTHEINE, JOSEPH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Parent organizationSOUTHWEST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $9.45M |
| Southwest Health System INC | Cortez, CO | $9.17M |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $5.50M |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $1.11M |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Mancos, CO | $975K |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $915K |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $723K |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $361K |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $33K |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $0.00 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.