Supplier
Home Buddy
Home Buddy was paid $10.56M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is S5161, Emergency response system; service fee, per month (excludes installation and testing) — 93% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOME BUDDY
WICHITA, KS 67203
WICHITA, KS 67203
33aNPI1245357557assigned 03/23/2007
33bProvider typeDurable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
28Total paid$10.56M
24GClaims328,001
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies providers in Kansas
Rank by total paid#1 of 237
Median peer was paid$1K
This provider vs. median9,104×
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 | 47,963 | $1.29M | |
| 2019 | 47,425 | $1.39M | |
| 2020 | 47,432 | $1.56M | |
| 2021 | 48,469 | $1.59M | |
| 2022 | 49,433 | $1.67M | |
| 2023 | 47,694 | $1.66M | |
| 2024incomplete | 39,585 | $1.40M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5161 | Emergency response system; service fee, per month (excludes installation and testing) | 93% | 301,134 | 290,903 | $9.87M |
| T1505 | Electronic medication compliance management device, includes all components and accessories, not otherwise classified | 3.5% | 16,003 | 15,091 | $368K |
| S5160 | Emergency response system; installation and testing | 2.0% | 4,119 | 3,932 | $209K |
| S5185 | Medication reminder service, non-face-to-face; per month | 1.1% | 6,745 | 6,466 | $111K |
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 officialFITZGERALD, DAWN (DIRECTOR, CONTRACTS & COMPLIANCE)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| American Medical Alert Corp | Long Island City, NY | $88.21M |
| Lifeline Systems Company | Marlborough, MA | $77.93M |
| Connectamerica.Com,llc | Broomall, PA | $20.63M |
| Personal Response Corp | Miami, FL | $6.45M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.