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Hospice Preferred Choice, INC.

Hospice Preferred Choice, INC. was paid $23K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is Q5003, Hospice care provided in nursing long term care facility (ltc) or non-skilled nursing facility (nf) — 39% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHOSPICE PREFERRED CHOICE, INC.
NORFOLK, NE 68701
33aNPI1215976279assigned 06/05/2006
28Total paid$23K
24GClaims25,519
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in Nebraska

Rank by total paid#4 of 17
Median peer was paid$2K
This provider vs. median11×

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

Paid by month

$0$2.0K$4.0K$6.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20185,029$395.52
20197,541$146.52
20203,724$4K
20214,224$12K
20224,610$6K
2024incomplete391$0.00
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
Q5003 Hospice care provided in nursing long term care facility (ltc) or non-skilled nursing facility (nf) 39% 11,122 1,057 $9K
G0299 Direct skilled nursing services of a registered nurse (rn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes 36% 7,303 1,011 $8K
G0156 Services of home health/hospice aide in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutes 21% 5,899 775 $5K
G0155 Services of clinical social worker in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutes 4.5% 1,195 792 $1K

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 officialKUSSEROW, PAUL (PRESIDENT)
Same official

Other billing entities under KUSSEROW, PAUL

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ProviderLocationPaid
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Amedisys New Jersey LLCHackensack, NJ$1.62M
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Amedisys Home Health of South Carolina LLCNorth Charleston, SC$1.09M
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Amedisys Louisiana, LLCBaton Rouge, LA$939K
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Amedisys Florida, LLCPensacola, FL$784K
Aseracare Hospice - Senatobia, LLCSenatobia, MS$569K
Adventa Hospice, LLCKnoxville, TN$409K
Amedisys LA Acquisitions, LLCMetairie, LA$371K
Family Home Health Care LLCLexington, KY$329K
Beacon Hospice, LLCAuburn, ME$261K
Tender Loving Care Health Care Services of New England, LLCStamford, CT$197K
Amedisys Sp-Ky, LLCMt Sterling, KY$117K
Amedisys Sp-Ky, LLCLouisville, KY$103K
Adventa Hospice, LLCRoanoke, VA$82K
Amedisys Louisiana, LLCShreveport, LA$69K

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