First Care EMS, LLC

First Care EMS, LLC was paid $588K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2023, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is A0428, Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) — 67% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFIRST CARE EMS, LLC
WESLACO, TX 78596

33aNPI1922473537assigned 12/08/2015

33bProvider typeLand Ambulance

28Total paid$588K

24GClaims11,791

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#86 of 288

Median peer was paid$215K

This provider vs. median2.7×

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	2,736	$101K
2019	1,778	$62K
2020	885	$57K
2021	2,831	$183K
2022	2,887	$152K
2023	674	$33K

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)	67%	5,287	671	$395K
A0425	Ground mileage, per statute mile	31%	5,432	695	$181K
A0382	Bls routine disposable supplies	1.8%	1,026	188	$11K
A0420	Ambulance waiting time (als or bls), one half (1/2) hour increments	<1%	46	14	$75.56

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 officialFLOYD, JOHN (EMS ADMINISTRATOR)