North Whatcom Fire & Rescue Services

North Whatcom Fire & Rescue Services was paid $2.81M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0999, Unlisted ambulance service — 90% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoNORTH WHATCOM FIRE & RESCUE SERVICES
BELLINGHAM, WA 98226

33aNPI1699838235assigned 12/18/2006

33bProvider typeLand Ambulance

28Total paid$2.81M

24GClaims6,792

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Washington

Rank by total paid#42 of 142

Median peer was paid$676K

This provider vs. median4.2×

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	744	$34K
2019	909	$45K
2020	738	$243K
2021	983	$726K
2022	1,152	$877K
2023	1,245	$618K
2024incomplete	1,021	$267K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
A0999	Unlisted ambulance service	90%	978	913	$2.52M
A0429	Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)	6.2%	2,907	2,614	$174K
A0425	Ground mileage, per statute mile	4.2%	2,907	2,614	$119K

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 officialANDERSON, RON (FIRE CHIEF)