Transport
Lifestar Response of Maryland, INC
Lifestar Response of Maryland, INC was paid $5.98M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is A0425, Ground mileage, per statute mile — 42% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLIFESTAR RESPONSE OF MARYLAND, INC
ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MD 20701
ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MD 20701
33aNPI1699774018assigned 07/18/2005
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$5.98M
24GClaims117,648
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#3 of 72
Median peer was paid$122K
This provider vs. median49×
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 | 16,972 | $256K | |
| 2019 | 10,251 | $226K | |
| 2020 | 14,285 | $879K | |
| 2021 | 17,619 | $1.03M | |
| 2022 | 22,980 | $1.17M | |
| 2023 | 20,868 | $1.34M | |
| 2024incomplete | 14,673 | $1.07M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 42% | 57,786 | 45,928 | $2.53M |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 27% | 46,370 | 37,389 | $1.60M |
| A0434 | Specialty care transport (sct) | 19% | 3,755 | 3,048 | $1.15M |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | 10% | 7,181 | 5,542 | $613K |
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | <1% | 261 | 169 | $35K |
| A0888 | Noncovered ambulance mileage, per mile (e.g., for miles traveled beyond closest appropriate facility) | <1% | 443 | 419 | $29K |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | <1% | 1,818 | 1,470 | $21K |
| A0999 | Unlisted ambulance service | 0% | 34 | 16 | $-17.33 |
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 officialKOONTZ, ADAM (REGIONAL CEO)
Parent organizationFALCK USA, INC.