Firsthealth of the Carolinas, INC
Firsthealth of the Carolinas, INC was paid $2.94M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is A0427, emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support — 51% of everything it billed.
PINEHURST, NC 28374
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in North Carolina
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 12,544 | $409K | |
| 2019 | 14,147 | $383K | |
| 2020 | 12,177 | $372K | |
| 2021 | 15,117 | $392K | |
| 2022 | 18,896 | $446K | |
| 2023 | 18,528 | $439K | |
| 2024incomplete | 19,056 | $493K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0427 | Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 51% | 28,590 | 21,604 | $1.51M |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 19% | 50,897 | 34,720 | $548K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 17% | 14,301 | 11,102 | $486K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | 6.0% | 6,594 | 5,676 | $175K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 4.8% | 8,069 | 6,024 | $140K |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | 2.7% | 1,673 | 1,329 | $80K |
| A0434 | Specialty care transport (sct) | <1% | 189 | 164 | $323.22 |
| A0888 | Noncovered ambulance mileage, per mile (e.g., for miles traveled beyond closest appropriate facility) | 0% | 152 | 62 | $0.00 |
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Firsthealth of the Carolinas, INC. | Pinehurst, NC | $61.58M |
| FHPG, LLC | Pinehurst, NC | $3.50M |
| Firsthealth of the Carolinas, INC | Troy, NC | $2.91M |
| Firsthealth of the Carolinas, INC. | Southern Pines, NC | $2.91M |
| FHPG, LLC | Rockingham, NC | $1.66M |
| Mcpc-9, LLC | Rockingham, NC | $1.58M |
| Mcpc-7, LLC | Hamlet, NC | $1.37M |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Raeford, NC | $1.31M |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Hamlet, NC | $1.25M |
| Mcpc-1 LLC | Rockingham, NC | $1.22M |
| FHPG, LLC | Raeford, NC | $1.03M |
| Mcpc-11, LLC | Pinehurst, NC | $994K |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Asheboro, NC | $893K |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Sanford, NC | $862K |
| Mcpc-12, LLC | Pinehurst, NC | $859K |
| Mcpc-16, LLC | Raeford, NC | $803K |
| FHPG, LLC | Carthage, NC | $697K |
| Mcpc-2, LLC | Rockingham, NC | $607K |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Pinehurst, NC | $587K |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Sanford, NC | $573K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.