Supplier
Lifeguard,personal Emergency Response Systems, LLC
Lifeguard,personal Emergency Response Systems, LLC was paid $1.68M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is S5161, Emergency response system; service fee, per month (excludes installation and testing) — 95% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLIFEGUARD,PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS, LLC
FRIES, VA 24330
FRIES, VA 24330
33aNPI1265526883assigned 10/03/2006
33bProvider typeDurable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
28Total paid$1.68M
24GClaims73,786
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies providers in Virginia
Rank by total paid#25 of 229
Median peer was paid$17K
This provider vs. median102×
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 Concentration95% of spending on code S5161 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | 12,098 | $285K | |
| 2019 | 12,131 | $287K | |
| 2020 | 13,936 | $280K | |
| 2021 | 12,591 | $251K | |
| 2022 | 8,693 | $211K | |
| 2023 | 8,562 | $234K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,775 | $135K |
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) | 95% | 71,588 | 67,557 | $1.60M |
| S5160 | Emergency response system; installation and testing | 4.9% | 2,198 | 2,047 | $82K |
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 officialJARRETT, BILL (GENERAL MANAGER)