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Buffalo Wheelchair, INC.

Buffalo Wheelchair, INC. was paid $226K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is E0601, Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device — 55% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBUFFALO WHEELCHAIR, INC.
CANANDAIGUA, NY 14424
33aNPI1356662837assigned 06/18/2010
28Total paid$226K
24GClaims7,823
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Oxygen Equipment & Supplies (DME) providers in New York

Rank by total paid#32 of 52
Median peer was paid$500K
This provider vs. median0.5×

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 RUSSALESI, WENDY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2018162$6K
2019442$16K
20201,239$44K
20211,943$75K
20221,123$31K
20231,765$38K
2024incomplete1,149$17K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
E0601 Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device 55% 2,419 2,413 $124K
E0562 Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device 16% 2,274 2,270 $37K
A7030 Full face mask used with positive airway pressure device, each 7.6% 237 237 $17K
A4604 Tubing with integrated heating element for use with positive airway pressure device 6.1% 624 622 $14K
A7034 Nasal interface (mask or cannula type) used with positive airway pressure device, with or without head strap 4.0% 231 230 $9K
A7035 Headgear used with positive airway pressure device 3.7% 567 564 $8K
A7031 Face mask interface, replacement for full face mask, each 3.5% 259 259 $8K
A7038 Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device 2.9% 1,024 1,015 $7K
A7037 Tubing used with positive airway pressure device <1% 81 81 $1K
A7032 Cushion for use on nasal mask interface, replacement only, each <1% 41 41 $410.69
A7046 Water chamber for humidifier, used with positive airway pressure device, replacement, each <1% 66 66 $216.61

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 officialRUSSALESI, WENDY (CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER)
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