Agency
First Option Home Health, INC.
First Option Home Health, INC. was paid $5.34M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is T1003, Lpn/lvn services, up to 15 minutes — 68% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFIRST OPTION HOME HEALTH, INC.
LAFAYETTE, LA 70508
LAFAYETTE, LA 70508
33aNPI1063597029assigned 10/26/2006
33bProvider typeHome Health Agency
28Total paid$5.34M
24GClaims21,367
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Home Health Agency providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#67 of 263
Median peer was paid$1.33M
This provider vs. median4.0×
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 | 8,529 | $2.40M | |
| 2019 | 7,799 | $1.91M | |
| 2020 | 2,870 | $687K | |
| 2021 | 1,512 | $292K | |
| 2023 | 312 | $27K | |
| 2024incomplete | 345 | $23K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1003 | Lpn/lvn services, up to 15 minutes | 68% | 11,607 | 467 | $3.64M |
| S9124 | Nursing care, in the home; by licensed practical nurse, per hour | 29% | 6,958 | 285 | $1.54M |
| G0299 | Direct skilled nursing services of a registered nurse (rn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes | 2.4% | 2,157 | 557 | $130K |
| G0300 | Direct skilled nursing services of a licensed practical nurse (lpn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes | <1% | 645 | 144 | $24K |
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 officialKINGSTON, KENNETH (SR VICE PRESIDENT, COO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Family Pharmacy Service, INC | Lafayette, LA | $356K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.