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Billing entities under HESTER, BEN

Every Medicaid billing NPI that lists HESTER, BEN (cfo) as its authorized official in NPPES: 21 entities in 1 state, paid $138.66M combined.

28Combined paid$138.66M
33Billing entities21
24GClaims3,826,364
States1

Auditor's note

Not evidence of wrongdoing.

Entity proliferationOne official on 21 billing entities. Large health systems and multi-site agencies legitimately register many NPIs; it is also a pattern investigators look at. Read more

Matched on the name exactly as typed into NPPES. Two different people with the same name will land on the same page.

Box 32 · Location

By state

  1. MSMississippi21 entities
    $139M
Box 33 · Billing providers

All entities

#ProviderLocationTypePaid
1 Forrest County General Hospital Hattiesburg, MS General Acute Care Hospital $81.63M
2 Forrest County General Hospital Picayune, MS General Acute Care Hospital $21.66M
3 Forrest County General Hospital Columbia, MS General Acute Care Hospital $9.51M
4 Walthall General Hospital Tylertown, MS Critical Access Hospital $6.16M
5 Forrest County General Hospital Prentiss, MS Critical Access Hospital $3.80M
6 Forrest County General Hospital Poplarville, MS Critical Access Hospital $3.74M
7 Forrest County General Hospital Poplarville, MS Rural Health Clinic/Center $2.80M
8 Forrest County General Hospital Picayune, MS Pediatrics Physician $2.76M
9 Forrest County General Hospital Richton, MS Rural Health Clinic/Center $1.58M
10 Forrest County General Hospital Richton, MS Rural Acute Care Hospital $1.36M
11 Forrest County General Hospital Columbia, MS Rural Health Clinic/Center $1.03M
12 Walthall General Hospital Tylertown, MS Rural Health Clinic/Center $953K
13 Forrest General Hospital Hattiesburg, MS Internal Medicine Physician $850K
14 Forrest County General Hospital Poplarville, MS Critical Access Hospital $253K
15 FGH Physician Billing Hattiesburg, MS Family Medicine Physician $224K
16 Forrest County General Hospital Prentiss, MS Rural Health Clinic/Center $204K
17 Forrest County General Hospital Picayune, MS Family Medicine Physician $65K
18 FGH Trauma Surgery Clinic Hattiesburg, MS Surgery Physician $47K
19 Forrest County General Hospital Poplarville, MS Nursing Facility/Intermediate Care Facility $22K
20 Forrest County General Hospital Richton, MS Nurse Practitioner $18K
21 Walthall General Hospital Tylertown, MS Internal Medicine Physician $3K