Transport
City of Kotzebue
City of Kotzebue was paid $824K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0428, Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) — 76% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCITY OF KOTZEBUE
KOTZEBUE, AK 99752
KOTZEBUE, AK 99752
33aNPI1740351329assigned 11/13/2006
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$824K
24GClaims12,322
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Alaska
Rank by total paid#10 of 25
Median peer was paid$535K
This provider vs. median1.5×
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 | 1,671 | $87K | |
| 2019 | 1,411 | $97K | |
| 2020 | 1,694 | $101K | |
| 2021 | 1,862 | $125K | |
| 2022 | 2,188 | $167K | |
| 2023 | 2,423 | $163K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,073 | $84K |
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) | 76% | 2,601 | 2,066 | $628K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 24% | 4,556 | 3,245 | $194K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | <1% | 5,165 | 3,557 | $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 officialATKINSON, TOM (CITY MANAGER)