Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

Comfort Care Hospice, LLC was paid $1.65M by Medicaid between Apr 2019 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is T2046, Hospice long term care, room and board only; per diem — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCOMFORT CARE HOSPICE, LLC
DECATUR, AL 35603
33aNPI1285673681assigned 06/05/2006
28Total paid$1.65M
24GClaims644
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthApr 2019 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in Alabama

Rank by total paid#18 of 44
Median peer was paid$1.45M
This provider vs. median1.1×

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 T2046 with only 3 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official BUCKHALTER, MATTHEW controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K$150K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2019162$562K
202091$293K
2022207$184.20
202313$61K
2024incomplete171$736K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
T2046 Hospice long term care, room and board only; per diem 100% 437 353 $1.65M
G0299 Direct skilled nursing services of a registered nurse (rn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes <1% 104 14 $184.20
G0156 Services of home health/hospice aide in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutes 0% 103 12 $0.00

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 officialBUCKHALTER, MATTHEW (CFO)
Same official

Other billing entities under BUCKHALTER, MATTHEW

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