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Hospice Preferred Choice, INC.

Hospice Preferred Choice, INC. was paid $3K by Medicaid between Feb 2019 and Nov 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is G0299, Direct skilled nursing services of a registered nurse (rn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes — 54% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHOSPICE PREFERRED CHOICE, INC.
VALPARAISO, IN 46383
33aNPI1295770170assigned 06/17/2006
28Total paid$3K
24GClaims9,975
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2019 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in Indiana

Rank by total paid#42 of 87
Median peer was paid$2K
This provider vs. median1.8×

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$1.0K$2.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20191,691$0.00
2022408$0.00
20231,783$0.00
2024incomplete6,093$3K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
G0299 Direct skilled nursing services of a registered nurse (rn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes 54% 3,852 562 $1K
Q5003 Hospice care provided in nursing long term care facility (ltc) or non-skilled nursing facility (nf) 41% 1,396 355 $1K
G0155 Services of clinical social worker in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutes 4.5% 979 443 $124.52
G0156 Services of home health/hospice aide in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutes 0% 3,507 474 $0.00
G0300 Direct skilled nursing services of a licensed practical nurse (lpn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes 0% 241 104 $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 officialKUSSEROW, PAUL (PRESIDENT)
Same official

Other billing entities under KUSSEROW, PAUL

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Beacon Hospice, LLCEast Providence, RI$47.24M
Amedisys New Jersey, L.L.C.Hackensack, NJ$2.42M
Amedisys New Jersey LLCHackensack, NJ$1.62M
Hospice Preferred Choice, INC.Savannah, MO$1.36M
Amedisys Home Health of South Carolina LLCNorth Charleston, SC$1.09M
Family Home Health Care LLCColumbia, KY$1.02M
Amedisys Louisiana, LLCLafayette, LA$948K
Amedisys Louisiana, LLCBaton Rouge, LA$939K
Horizons Hospice Care, LLCMontgomery, AL$828K
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.