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Air Evac EMS INC

Air Evac EMS INC was paid $1.43M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is A0431, Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing) — 94% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoAIR EVAC EMS INC
MOUNT VERNON, IL 62864
33aNPI1790768505assigned 11/25/2005
33bProvider typeAir Ambulance
28Total paid$1.43M
24GClaims1,236
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Air Ambulance providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#2 of 15
Median peer was paid$344K
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.

Auditor's notes

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

Single-Code Concentration94% of spending on code A0431 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official THOMAS, ERIC controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K$150K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201856$71K
2019203$179K
202014$16K
2021140$125K
2022248$259K
2023317$348K
2024incomplete258$432K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
A0431 Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing) 94% 1,071 757 $1.34M
A0436 Rotary wing air mileage, per statute mile 6.4% 165 93 $92K

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 (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, REVENUE MGMT)
Parent organizationAIR EVAC EMS INC
Same official

Other billing entities under THOMAS, ERIC

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Mercy Ambulance of Evansville INCLexington, KY$2.14M
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Herren Enterprises INCSanta Ana, CA$1.47M
Air Evac EMS INCHopkinsville, KY$1.28M
Metro Ambulance Service (Rural), INC.Alexandria, LA$1.17M
Air Evac EMS INCDanville, KY$1.08M
Med-Trans CorporationGreeneville, TN$920K
Med-Trans CorporationDouglas, AZ$724K
Air Evac EMS, INC.Bowling Green, KY$635K
Air Evac EMS INCMarion, IL$627K
Air Evac EMS INCBatesville, MS$623K
Air Evac EMS INCAlbany, KY$509K

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