Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Merit CDS, INC.

Merit CDS, INC. was paid $3.15M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is T1019, help at home with bathing, dressing and eating, billed per 15 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMERIT CDS, INC.
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63141
33aNPI1174908578assigned 07/27/2015
33bProvider typeHome Health Agency
28Total paid$3.15M
24GClaims50,233
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Home Health Agency providers in Missouri

Rank by total paid#171 of 572
Median peer was paid$1.41M
This provider vs. median2.2×

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 T1019 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$20K$40K$60K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20187,171$403K
20197,473$405K
20207,337$408K
20217,347$415K
20226,678$404K
20237,008$533K
2024incomplete7,219$578K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
T1019 Help at home with bathing, dressing and eating, billed per 15 minutesPersonal care services, per 15 minutes, not for an inpatient or resident of a hospital, nursing facility, icf/mr or imd, part of the individualized plan of treatment (code may not be used to identify services provided by home health aide or certified nurse assistant) 100% 50,233 2,126 $3.15M

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 officialPOWERS, STEPHANIE (PRESIDENT)
Same official

Other billing entities under POWERS, STEPHANIE

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