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Guardian Flight LLC

Guardian Flight LLC was paid $5.81M by Medicaid between Nov 2019 and Nov 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is A0430, Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing) — 56% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoGUARDIAN FLIGHT LLC
FARMINGTON, NM 87401
33aNPI1700433786assigned 08/23/2019
33bProvider typeAir Ambulance
28Total paid$5.81M
24GClaims3,884
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthNov 2019 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Air Ambulance providers in New Mexico

Rank by total paid#8 of 16
Median peer was paid$4.65M
This provider vs. median1.2×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official THOMAS, ERIC controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$100K$200K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2019122$152K
2020674$774K
2021937$1.17M
2022892$1.24M
2023762$1.32M
2024incomplete497$1.15M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
A0430 Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing) 56% 1,944 1,886 $3.26M
A0435 Fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile 44% 1,940 1,885 $2.55M

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 officialTHOMAS, ERIC (SVP OF REVENUE MANAGEMENT)
Parent organizationGUARDIAN FLIGHT LLC
Same official

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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.