Communication Essentials, LLC
Communication Essentials, LLC was paid $1.66M by Medicaid between Sep 2020 and Nov 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 92507, Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or auditory processing disorder — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOMMUNICATION ESSENTIALS, LLC
HOUSTON, TX 77060
HOUSTON, TX 77060
33aNPI1083905228assigned 04/21/2011
33bProvider typeSpeech-Language Pathologist
28Total paid$1.66M
24GClaims18,677
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthSep 2020 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Speech-Language Pathologist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#48 of 579
Median peer was paid$144K
This provider vs. median12×
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.
Single-Code Concentration100% of spending on code 92507 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,078 | $98K | |
| 2021 | 3,774 | $339K | |
| 2022 | 5,521 | $484K | |
| 2023 | 5,395 | $482K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,909 | $255K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92507 | Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or auditory processing disorder | 100% | 18,624 | 3,056 | $1.65M |
| S9152 | Speech therapy, re-evaluation | <1% | 53 | 53 | $6K |
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 officialGRANT, MECA (ADMINISTRATOR/SUPERVISING THERAPIST)