Agency
Comfort Care Hospice, INC.
Comfort Care Hospice, INC. was paid $200K by Medicaid between Oct 2019 and Sep 2021, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is 0658, — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOMFORT CARE HOSPICE, INC.
SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91403
SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91403
33aNPI1003964412assigned 01/08/2007
33bProvider typeCommunity Based Hospice Care Agency
28Total paid$200K
24GClaims48
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthOct 2019 – Sep 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in California
Rank by total paid#372 of 557
Median peer was paid$511K
This provider vs. median0.4×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official FRIEDMAN, DAVID controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12 | $36K | |
| 2020 | 12 | $40K | |
| 2021 | 24 | $124K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0658 | 100% | 48 | 48 | $200K |
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 officialFRIEDMAN, DAVID (PRESIDENT)
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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.