City of Tama

City of Tama was paid $94K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is A0425, Ground mileage, per statute mile — 64% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCITY OF TAMA
TAMA, IA 52339

33aNPI1992721344assigned 07/15/2006

33bProvider typeLand Ambulance

28Total paid$94K

24GClaims1,938

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Iowa

Rank by total paid#45 of 87

Median peer was paid$99K

This provider vs. median0.9×

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	317	$14K
2019	293	$15K
2020	221	$11K
2021	281	$15K
2022	349	$17K
2023	273	$12K
2024incomplete	204	$11K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
A0425	Ground mileage, per statute mile	64%	1,500	1,298	$60K
A0429	Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)	26%	337	310	$25K
A0427	Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life supportAmbulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)	9.5%	101	89	$9K

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 officialBEARDEN, CHRISTOPHER (MAYOR)