First Choice Medical Equipment and Respiratory Service INC
First Choice Medical Equipment and Respiratory Service INC was paid $413K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is A4554, Disposable underpads, all sizes — 28% of everything it billed.
GREENVILLE, SC 29601
Next to other Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition Supplies (DME) providers in South Carolina
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,116 | $69K | |
| 2019 | 3,659 | $86K | |
| 2020 | 3,074 | $83K | |
| 2021 | 2,663 | $69K | |
| 2022 | 2,275 | $63K | |
| 2023 | 1,672 | $30K | |
| 2024incomplete | 384 | $12K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A4554 | Disposable underpads, all sizes | 28% | 3,483 | 3,329 | $115K |
| T4527 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, protective underwear/pull-on, large size, each | 15% | 1,258 | 1,236 | $62K |
| X1939 | 13% | 832 | 826 | $53K | |
| T5999 | Supply, not otherwise specified | 10% | 6,538 | 6,081 | $43K |
| T4528 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, protective underwear/pull-on, extra large size, each | 8.5% | 505 | 497 | $35K |
| T4526 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, protective underwear/pull-on, medium size, each | 7.6% | 677 | 666 | $31K |
| T4535 | Disposable liner/shield/guard/pad/undergarment, for incontinence, each | 5.7% | 760 | 755 | $24K |
| E1390 | Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate | 5.6% | 763 | 557 | $23K |
| E0570 | Nebulizer, with compressor | 3.5% | 806 | 600 | $14K |
| E0601 | Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device | 1.3% | 236 | 167 | $5K |
| K0001 | Standard wheelchair | <1% | 520 | 284 | $3K |
| E0431 | Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing | <1% | 290 | 194 | $2K |
3 more codes
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| All Texas Health Care, INC. | Harlingen, TX | $17.78M |
| Athc Provider Services, INC. | Harlingen, TX | $3.11M |
| Hga Home Medical Equipment, LLC | Huntsville, AL | $647K |
| Hga Home Medical Equipment, LLC | Boaz, AL | $411K |
| Providence Home Medical Services, LLC | Mobile, AL | $342K |
| Med-South, INC. | Ft. Payne, AL | $337K |
| Bay Home Medical Serivces, INC. | Mobile, AL | $337K |
| Hga Home Medical Equipment, LLC | Sheffield, AL | $232K |
| ST. Vincent's Home Medical Services, LLC | Birmingham, AL | $230K |
| Med-South, INC. | Jasper, AL | $223K |
| Med-South, INC. | Northport, AL | $188K |
| Med-South, INC. | Montgomery, AL | $174K |
| JMS Health Services, LLC | Montgomery, AL | $171K |
| Med-South, INC. | Birmingham, AL | $151K |
| Coosa Valley Respiratory & Home Medical, INC. | Sylacauga, AL | $139K |
| ST. Vincent's Home Medical Services, LLC | Pell City, AL | $123K |
| Med-South, INC. | Foley, AL | $76K |
| ST. Vincent's Home Medical Services, LLC | Birmingham, AL | $36K |
| Professional Health Care Services INC | Pensacola, FL | $11K |
| Bay Home Medical Serivces, INC. | Fairhope, AL | $9K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.