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Life EMS INC
Life EMS INC was paid $21.98M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 47% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLIFE EMS INC
GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503
GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503
33aNPI1689621047assigned 05/30/2006
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$21.98M
24GClaims176,571
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Michigan
Rank by total paid#2 of 100
Median peer was paid$784K
This provider vs. median28×
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 | 15,210 | $1.53M | |
| 2019 | 17,849 | $1.88M | |
| 2020 | 24,051 | $2.42M | |
| 2021 | 26,852 | $2.91M | |
| 2022 | 32,368 | $4.57M | |
| 2023 | 33,290 | $4.71M | |
| 2024incomplete | 26,951 | $3.96M |
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) | 47% | 46,376 | 39,859 | $10.23M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 21% | 85,095 | 66,127 | $4.65M |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 14% | 21,177 | 16,625 | $3.03M |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 9.4% | 13,602 | 11,698 | $2.06M |
| A0998 | Ambulance response and treatment, no transport | 5.7% | 6,417 | 5,753 | $1.25M |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | 2.9% | 2,736 | 2,632 | $642K |
| A0225 | Ambulance service, neonatal transport, base rate, emergency transport, one way | <1% | 581 | 574 | $103K |
| A0420 | Ambulance waiting time (als or bls), one half (1/2) hour increments | <1% | 587 | 461 | $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 officialMEIJER, MARK (PRESIDENT/OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Life EMS of Kalamazoo, INC | Kalamazoo, MI | $20.46M |
| Life EMS of Ionia Co INC | Ionia, MI | $10.78M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.