Supplier
Healthcare Equipment, INC.
Healthcare Equipment, INC. was paid $1.87M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is E1399, Durable medical equipment, miscellaneous — 50% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT, INC.
DURHAM, NC 27707
DURHAM, NC 27707
33aNPI1316937980assigned 10/25/2005
33bProvider typeCustomized Equipment (DME)
28Total paid$1.87M
24GClaims9,316
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Customized Equipment (DME) providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#15 of 74
Median peer was paid$310K
This provider vs. median6.0×
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 | 1,584 | $334K | |
| 2019 | 1,555 | $319K | |
| 2020 | 1,372 | $95K | |
| 2021 | 941 | $126K | |
| 2022 | 1,217 | $210K | |
| 2023 | 1,678 | $556K | |
| 2024incomplete | 969 | $231K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1399 | Durable medical equipment, miscellaneous | 50% | 435 | 280 | $942K |
| K0108 | Wheelchair component or accessory, not otherwise specified | 23% | 2,637 | 1,079 | $430K |
| E1028 | Wheelchair accessory, manual swingaway, retractable or removable mounting hardware, other | 15% | 3,697 | 1,264 | $282K |
| E1161 | Manual adult size wheelchair, includes tilt in space | 6.8% | 296 | 164 | $128K |
| K0739 | Repair or nonroutine service for durable medical equipment other than oxygen equipment requiring the skill of a technician, labor component, per 15 minutes | 1.8% | 1,248 | 782 | $33K |
| E0973 | Wheelchair accessory, adjustable height, detachable armrest, complete assembly, each | 1.0% | 174 | 114 | $19K |
| K0040 | Adjustable angle footplate, each | <1% | 175 | 109 | $12K |
| E0978 | Wheelchair accessory, positioning belt/safety belt/pelvic strap, each | <1% | 328 | 257 | $8K |
| E0971 | Manual wheelchair accessory, anti-tipping device, each | <1% | 163 | 103 | $6K |
| E0960 | Wheelchair accessory, shoulder harness/straps or chest strap, including any type mounting hardware | <1% | 77 | 68 | $5K |
| E0956 | Wheelchair accessory, lateral trunk or hip support, any type, including fixed mounting hardware, each | <1% | 17 | 14 | $3K |
| E2211 | Manual wheelchair accessory, pneumatic propulsion tire, any size, each | <1% | 69 | 42 | $2K |
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 officialLANKFORD, LARRY (PRESIDENT/OWNER)