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Med Star Surgical & Breathing Equipment, INC.

Med Star Surgical & Breathing Equipment, INC. was paid $194K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Nov 2024, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is E0260, Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress — 26% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMED STAR SURGICAL & BREATHING EQUIPMENT, INC.
BRONX, NY 10462
33aNPI1134220205assigned 09/25/2006
28Total paid$194K
24GClaims23,142
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition Supplies (DME) providers in New York

Rank by total paid#19 of 24
Median peer was paid$381K
This provider vs. median0.5×

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 RUSSALESI, WENDY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$10K$20K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20181,576$16K
20197,042$42K
20209,096$65K
20214,434$45K
2022259$5K
2023235$4K
2024incomplete500$17K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
E0260 Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress 26% 3,556 3,538 $51K
E1390 Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate 26% 2,637 2,618 $51K
K0001 Standard wheelchair 14% 4,806 4,783 $28K
E0630 Patient lift, hydraulic or mechanical, includes any seat, sling, strap(s) or pad(s) 6.8% 1,044 1,041 $13K
E0143 Walker, folding, wheeled, adjustable or fixed height 5.2% 1,251 1,179 $10K
K0195 Elevating leg rests, pair (for use with capped rental wheelchair base) 4.6% 3,544 3,528 $9K
E0431 Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing 4.3% 1,894 1,882 $8K
K0003 Lightweight wheelchair 3.7% 1,056 1,049 $7K
E0163 Commode chair, mobile or stationary, with fixed arms 2.6% 516 503 $5K
E2611 General use wheelchair back cushion, width less than 22 inches, any height, including any type mounting hardware 1.3% 79 76 $3K
E1038 Transport chair, adult size, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds 1.1% 829 826 $2K
E2601 General use wheelchair seat cushion, width less than 22 inches, any depth <1% 424 404 $2K
10 more codes
E0156 Seat attachment, walker <1% 412 $1K
E0181 Powered pressure reducing mattress overlay/pad, alternating, with pump, includes heavy duty <1% 220 $953.10
E0971 Manual wheelchair accessory, anti-tipping device, each <1% 69 $930.40
E0570 Nebulizer, with compressor <1% 664 $913.19
A4604 Tubing with integrated heating element for use with positive airway pressure device <1% 30 $200.41
K0006 Heavy duty wheelchair <1% 12 $130.90
E0990 Wheelchair accessory, elevating leg rest, complete assembly, each <1% 53 $71.73
E0978 Wheelchair accessory, positioning belt/safety belt/pelvic strap, each <1% 17 $71.10
A7035 Headgear used with positive airway pressure device <1% 13 $25.15
A7038 Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device <1% 16 $9.98

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 officialRUSSALESI, WENDY (CCO)
Same official

Other billing entities under RUSSALESI, WENDY

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ProviderLocationPaid
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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.