Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician
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About this specialty
An emergency medicine physician who specializes in non-hospital based emergency medical services (e.g., disaster site, accident scene, transport vehicle, etc.) to provide pre-hospital assessment, treatment, and transport patients.
Source: National Uniform Claim Committee, 2009 [1/1/2010: definition added, source added] Additional Resources: A Certification of Added Qualifications (CAQ) is issued by the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine.
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| HEIDI METHENY, D.O. | NORMAN, OK | $13,041,706 |
| MARY GESSNER-PETERSON, DO | ALPINE, CA | $1,976,520 |
| OGHOGHO UHUNMWANGHO, NP | CLOVIS, CA | $1,777,822 |
| EDDIE FERNANDEZ, M.D. | SILVER SPRING, MD | $1,035,012 |
| TIGRAN AVOIAN, MD | LOS ANGELES, CA | $781,062 |
| MARK WILKERSON, M.D. | FLINT, MI | $459,444 |
| CITY OF TEXAS CITY | TEXAS CITY, TX | $374,256 |
| MORRIS FIRE PROTECTION & AMBULANCE DISTRICT | MORRIS, IL | $370,459 |
| RODNEY SNEAD, MD FAAFP FACEP | ANNISTON, AL | $314,323 |
| COUNTY OF DIXIE BOARD OF COUNTY COMM | CROSS CITY, FL | $288,900 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.