Supplier
American Home Care Specialists, INC.
American Home Care Specialists, INC. was paid $762K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2021, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is E0570, Nebulizer, with compressor — 65% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoAMERICAN HOME CARE SPECIALISTS, INC.
WOBURN, MA 01801
WOBURN, MA 01801
33aNPI1104990837assigned 11/17/2006
33bProvider typeOxygen Equipment & Supplies (DME)
28Total paid$762K
24GClaims17,811
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Oxygen Equipment & Supplies (DME) providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#8 of 20
Median peer was paid$60K
This provider vs. median13×
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 | 7,382 | $325K | |
| 2019 | 6,479 | $287K | |
| 2020 | 3,777 | $143K | |
| 2021 | 173 | $7K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E0570 | Nebulizer, with compressor | 65% | 3,748 | 3,724 | $491K |
| E0601 | Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device | 8.8% | 1,695 | 1,658 | $67K |
| A7005 | Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, non-disposable | 7.4% | 2,435 | 2,411 | $56K |
| A7030 | Full face mask used with positive airway pressure device, each | 5.0% | 379 | 370 | $38K |
| E0562 | Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device | 3.5% | 946 | 910 | $27K |
| A4604 | Tubing with integrated heating element for use with positive airway pressure device | 2.4% | 534 | 523 | $18K |
| K0001 | Standard wheelchair | 2.4% | 479 | 473 | $18K |
| A4627 | Spacer, bag or reservoir, with or without mask, for use with metered dose inhaler | 1.2% | 663 | 651 | $9K |
| A7035 | Headgear used with positive airway pressure device | 1.1% | 421 | 410 | $8K |
| K0195 | Elevating leg rests, pair (for use with capped rental wheelchair base) | <1% | 611 | 605 | $7K |
| A7031 | Face mask interface, replacement for full face mask, each | <1% | 184 | 178 | $7K |
| A7015 | Aerosol mask, used with dme nebulizer | <1% | 2,404 | 2,378 | $4K |
7 more codes
| A7038 | Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 778 | $4K |
| A7004 | Small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, disposable | <1% | 2,317 | $3K |
| A7034 | Nasal interface (mask or cannula type) used with positive airway pressure device, with or without head strap | <1% | 39 | $2K |
| E1390 | Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate | <1% | 29 | $2K |
| A7046 | Water chamber for humidifier, used with positive airway pressure device, replacement, each | <1% | 77 | $838.95 |
| E0971 | Manual wheelchair accessory, anti-tipping device, each | <1% | 59 | $386.76 |
| E0431 | Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing | <1% | 13 | $146.57 |
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 officialGRAFFEO, RICHARD (CEO)