Transport
Amerikare
Amerikare was paid $2.83M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is A0428, Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) — 42% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoAMERIKARE
COLUMBUS, OH 43227
COLUMBUS, OH 43227
33aNPI1699070201assigned 01/13/2011
33bProvider typeNon-emergency Medical Transport (VAN)
28Total paid$2.83M
24GClaims118,060
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Non-emergency Medical Transport (VAN) providers in Ohio
Rank by total paid#9 of 122
Median peer was paid$104K
This provider vs. median27×
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 | 39,116 | $695K | |
| 2019 | 29,681 | $653K | |
| 2020 | 17,437 | $505K | |
| 2021 | 13,765 | $424K | |
| 2022 | 9,824 | $316K | |
| 2023 | 6,799 | $172K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,438 | $68K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 42% | 20,470 | 9,277 | $1.19M |
| A0130 | Non-emergency transportation: wheelchair van | 27% | 32,432 | 6,083 | $762K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 15% | 5,674 | 4,994 | $412K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 8.5% | 27,019 | 13,390 | $242K |
| S0209 | Wheelchair van, mileage, per mile | 8.0% | 32,396 | 6,081 | $226K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | <1% | 53 | 25 | $4K |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | <1% | 16 | 13 | $2K |
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 officialSANGA, SRINIVASA (DIRECTOR)