Agency
Desert AIDS Project
Desert AIDS Project was paid $5.94M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is S5130, homemaker services, billed per 15 minutes — 54% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESERT AIDS PROJECT
PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262
PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262
33aNPI1336312172assigned 04/11/2008
33bProvider typeHome Health Agency
28Total paid$5.94M
24GClaims37,375
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Home Health Agency providers in California
Rank by total paid#95 of 1,072
Median peer was paid$9K
This provider vs. median638×
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 | 8,433 | $1.29M | |
| 2019 | 4,872 | $760K | |
| 2020 | 5,443 | $858K | |
| 2021 | 5,275 | $851K | |
| 2022 | 2,901 | $496K | |
| 2023 | 5,229 | $845K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,222 | $840K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5130 | Homemaker services, billed per 15 minutesHomemaker service, nos; per 15 minutes | 54% | 22,748 | 2,966 | $3.21M |
| T2022 | Case management, per month | 22% | 3,720 | 3,412 | $1.33M |
| T2025 | Waiver services not otherwise specifiedWaiver services; not otherwise specified (nos) | 15% | 3,721 | 3,413 | $905K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 4.5% | 2,679 | 751 | $268K |
| S5170 | Home delivered meals, including preparation; per meal | 2.7% | 3,083 | 3,033 | $160K |
| T2003 | Non-emergency transportation, per tripNon-emergency transportation; encounter/trip | 1.2% | 1,424 | 1,060 | $69K |
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 officialBRINKMAN, DAVID (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Parent organizationDESERT AIDS PROJECT, INC
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dap Health INC | Palm Springs, CA | $16.11M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.