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NPI 1992701981 · Batesville, AR · Ambulance
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Vital Link, Inc. is a ambulance provider located in Batesville, Arkansas. This profile covers 6 Medicare and 7 Medicaid CPT/HCPCS procedure codes, with claims volume, average reimbursement, and total revenue by code, benchmarked against other providers billing the same services.
Provider details (source: NPPES NPI Registry)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Entity Type | Organization |
| Organization | Vital Link, Inc. |
| Address | 1033 Ems Dr |
| City | Batesville |
| State | AR |
| ZIP | 72501 |
| Taxonomy | Ambulance |
| NPI Enumerated | June 23, 2005 |
| NPI Deactivated | March 17, 2010 |
Lifetime revenue by payer source (source: CMS Medicare & Medicaid claims data)
| Payer Source | Total Paid |
|---|---|
| Medicaid | $4.4M |
| Medicare | $1.5M |
VITAL LINK, INC. operates as an ambulance-focused service line: its top Medicare and Medicaid revenue drivers are A0427 (advanced life support, emergency transport), A0425 (ground mileage), and A0429 (basic life support, emergency transport). On Medicare those codes generate the largest shares with A0427 yielding $674.1K revenue and A0425 generating $459.8K; on Medicaid A0425 and A0427 together produce $1.6M and $1.5M respectively, indicating core operations centered on emergency transports and extensive mileage billing across both payers.
Revenue is highly concentrated in a small set of transport codes for each payer: the precomputed top-3 codes account for 87.9% of this provider's total Medicare revenue and 82.5% of its total Medicaid revenue. That concentration means changes in reimbursement or utilization of A0427, A0425, or A0429 would materially affect the provider’s overall topline for each program.
The payer mix is weighted toward Medicaid in scale: lifetime Medicaid revenue is $4.4M compared with $1.5M in Medicare. This makes the organization effectively Medicaid-dominant by revenue and suggests financial performance and negotiating leverage will be driven more by state Medicaid rates and volumes than by Medicare.
Against national Medicare peers, VITAL LINK posts strong percentile placements on its highest-volume codes: A0425 ranks #327 of 8934 providers (96th percentile) and A0427 ranks #408 of 6841 providers (94th percentile). Although these ranks place the provider well above most peers nationally for those lines, the dataset characterizes the volumes for these Medicare codes as "typical, unremarkable volume for this code," so its national standing is notable on percentile metrics even while described as typical in plain-English labeling.
Within the state Medicaid footprint the provider is a meaningful regional participant: A0427 ranks #10 of 80 providers in-state (89th percentile) and A0425 ranks #14 of 87 (85th percentile), indicating above-typical in-state volume on both advanced-life-support emergency transports and mileage. These in-state rankings, combined with Medicaid being the larger revenue source, position VITAL LINK as a significant local supplier of emergency ambulance services.
Payer-level payment patterns differ by code: for A0427 the Medicare average paid/claim is $397 while Medicaid average paid/claim is $152, showing higher per-claim Medicare payments for ALS emergency transports. Conversely, A0425 (ground mileage) reports $8 avg paid/claim on Medicare versus $86 avg paid/claim on Medicaid, indicating materially different unit-payment structures across payers that will affect revenue sensitivity to claim mix.
Aside from the top drivers, several secondary transport codes contribute smaller shares but together form additional service depth: Medicare shows A0426 ($89.4K, 6.0%) and A0428 ($76.1K, 5.1%) while Medicaid lists A0426 ($379.1K, 8.7%) and A0428 ($312.7K, 7.2%). These secondary codes are also labeled in the data as "typical, unremarkable volume for this code," suggesting the provider’s business is concentrated but includes routine non-emergency and non-primary ALS transports.
The provider has established tenure: its NPI was enumerated on 2005-06-23 (~21 years ago), indicating long-term participation in Medicare and Medicaid which may support stable referral relationships and operational experience in ambulance services.
Medicare revenue breakdown by CPT/HCPCS procedure code.
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The CPT/HCPCS codes generating the most Medicare revenue for this provider.
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| CPT/HCPCS Code | Description | Claims | Avg Paid | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0427 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 1,700 | $400 | $674.1K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 57,470 | $10 | $459.8K |
| A0429 | Ambulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 560 | $330 | $184.7K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | 340 | $270 | $89.4K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 380 | $200 | $76.1K |
| A0433 | Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2) | 30 | $550 | $15.9K |
How this provider's Medicare billing volume and revenue compare to other providers nationally and within its state, across 6 CPT/HCPCS codes.
Medicaid revenue breakdown by year and by CPT/HCPCS procedure code, including monthly billing trends and the top codes driving revenue.
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Every CPT/HCPCS code this provider has billed to Medicaid, with claims volume, average payment, and total revenue.
7 rows
| CPT/HCPCS Code | Description | Claims | Avg Paid | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 18,910 | $90 | $1.6M |
| A0427 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 9,910 | $150 | $1.5M |
| A0429 | Ambulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 4,000 | $120 | $463.4K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | 2,150 | $180 | $379.1K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 2,770 | $110 | $312.7K |
| A0398 | Als routine disposable supplies | 7,710 | $10 | $54K |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | 2,430 | $10 | $19.4K |
How this provider's Medicaid billing volume and revenue compare to other Arkansas providers billing the same CPT/HCPCS codes.
Full comparison — all codes billed, vs. Arkansas median
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| CPT/HCPCS Code | Description | Rank | Provider Count | Median Claims | Avg Paid | Average Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0427 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | 10 | 80 | 2,420 | $150 | $948.2K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 14 | 90 | 3,650 | $70 | $764.6K |
| A0429 | Ambulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 14 | 60 | 1,460 | $130 | $465.1K |
| A0428 | Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls) | 16 | 50 | 1,260 | $80 | $333.9K |
| A0426 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1) | 12 | 40 | 620 | $150 | $182.9K |
| A0398 | Als routine disposable supplies | 5 | 30 | 1,500 | $10 | $39.7K |
| A0422 | Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation | 4 | 20 | 700 | $10 | $21K |
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