Physician
Extended Care Specialists, INC
Extended Care Specialists, INC was paid $6.13M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 68 billing codes. Its largest line is 99309, Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity — 54% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoEXTENDED CARE SPECIALISTS, INC
FORT WAYNE, IN 46815
FORT WAYNE, IN 46815
33aNPI1134146079assigned 07/16/2006
33bProvider typePsychiatry Physician
28Total paid$6.13M
24GClaims678,058
24DCodes billed68
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Psychiatry Physician providers in Indiana
Rank by total paid#4 of 68
Median peer was paid$115K
This provider vs. median53×
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 | 55,070 | $312K | |
| 2019 | 61,720 | $211K | |
| 2020 | 71,641 | $368K | |
| 2021 | 49,401 | $467K | |
| 2022 | 96,007 | $738K | |
| 2023 | 133,834 | $1.27M | |
| 2024incomplete | 210,385 | $2.76M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99309 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity | 54% | 338,510 | 246,209 | $3.31M |
| 99349 | 14% | 31,129 | 23,181 | $865K | |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward | 9.3% | 109,269 | 81,376 | $571K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 5.6% | 44,313 | 26,528 | $344K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 4.2% | 9,570 | 8,017 | $257K |
| 99490 | Ccm add 20min | 2.1% | 38,910 | 35,884 | $129K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 1.9% | 6,620 | 5,256 | $115K |
| 99336 | 1.1% | 5,132 | 3,879 | $65K | |
| 99306 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | <1% | 2,328 | 1,980 | $56K |
| 99305 | <1% | 3,249 | 2,685 | $51K | |
| 99310 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | <1% | 3,419 | 2,706 | $49K |
| 99348 | <1% | 2,427 | 1,816 | $49K |
56 more codes
| 99350 | Prolong home eval add 15m | <1% | 913 | $47K |
| 99307 | <1% | 13,306 | $38K | |
| 99439 | <1% | 8,361 | $38K | |
| 99356 | <1% | 9,296 | $29K | |
| 99335 | <1% | 2,721 | $27K | |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) | <1% | 1,076 | $23K |
| 99347 | <1% | 1,075 | $16K | |
| 99344 | <1% | 220 | $10K | |
| 99337 | <1% | 414 | $9K | |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes | <1% | 2,124 | $7K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hour | <1% | 847 | $4K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | <1% | 255 | $3K |
| 99334 | <1% | 265 | $3K | |
| 11042 | Debridement, subcutaneous tissue (includes epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue); first 20 sq cm | <1% | 301 | $2K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 510 | $2K |
| 99358 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | <1% | 1,087 | $2K |
| 99326 | <1% | 135 | $1K | |
| 90785 | <1% | 913 | $1K | |
| 99484 | <1% | 648 | $1K | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 16 | $1K |
| 99304 | <1% | 454 | $687.52 | |
| 99327 | <1% | 48 | $651.52 | |
| 99497 | <1% | 335 | $631.65 | |
| 99318 | <1% | 190 | $599.23 | |
| 99406 | <1% | 291 | $456.34 | |
| 99491 | Ccm add 20min | <1% | 145 | $335.73 |
| 99325 | <1% | 44 | $307.09 | |
| 99354 | <1% | 162 | $280.64 | |
| G0179 | Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and allowed practitioners to affirm the initial implementation of the plan of care | <1% | 94 | $166.35 |
| 86580 | <1% | 63 | $159.85 | |
| 99442 | <1% | 16 | $62.55 | |
| G8427 | Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications | <1% | 27,747 | $56.28 |
| J2426 | Injection, paliperidone palmitate extended release (invega sustenna), 1 mg | <1% | 272 | $49.06 |
| 1101F | <1% | 158 | $0.02 | |
| G8431 | Screening for depression is documented as being positive and a follow-up plan is documented | <1% | 648 | $0.01 |
| 1124F | <1% | 117 | $0.01 | |
| G8510 | Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | <1% | 1,831 | $0.01 |
| G9923 | Safety concerns screen provided and negative | 0% | 19 | $0.00 |
| G9916 | Functional status performed once in the last 12 months | 0% | 526 | $0.00 |
| G8417 | Bmi is documented above normal parameters and a follow-up plan is documented | 0% | 92 | $0.00 |
| 1100F | 0% | 362 | $0.00 | |
| 3288F | 0% | 32 | $0.00 | |
| G0030 | Patient screened for tobacco use and received tobacco cessation intervention during the measurement period or in the six months prior to the measurement period (counseling, pharmacotherapy, or both), if identified as a tobacco user | 0% | 191 | $0.00 |
| 0518F | 0% | 370 | $0.00 | |
| G0438 | Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit | 0% | 71 | $0.00 |
| G9906 | Patient identified as a tobacco user received tobacco cessation intervention during the measurement period or in the six months prior to the measurement period (counseling and/or pharmacotherapy) | 0% | 256 | $0.00 |
| G0396 | Alcohol and/or substance (other than tobacco) misuse structured assessment (e.g., audit, dast), and brief intervention 15 to 30 minutes | 0% | 72 | $0.00 |
| G8433 | Screening for depression not completed, documented patient or medical reason | 0% | 483 | $0.00 |
| 1123F | 0% | 3,110 | $0.00 | |
| G9922 | Safety concerns screen provided and if positive then documented mitigation recommendations | 0% | 187 | $0.00 |
| G9717 | Documentation stating the patient has had a diagnosis of bipolar disorder | 0% | 65 | $0.00 |
| G9903 | Patient screened for tobacco use and identified as a tobacco non-user | 0% | 31 | $0.00 |
| 4086F | 0% | 152 | $0.00 | |
| G0439 | Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit | 0% | 39 | $0.00 |
| 99316 | 0% | 14 | $0.00 | |
| G0180 | Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and allowed practitioners to affirm the initial implementation of the plan of care | 0% | 12 | $0.00 |
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 officialRUCCI, JENNIFER (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Extended Care Specialists, INC | Fort Wayne, IN | $3.53M |
| Eventus Wholehealth Midwest INC | Columbus, IN | $830K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.