Agency
Safeguard Medical Alarms, INC.
Safeguard Medical Alarms, INC. was paid $704K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is S5161, Emergency response system; service fee, per month (excludes installation and testing) — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSAFEGUARD MEDICAL ALARMS, INC.
MURRELLS INLET, SC 29576
MURRELLS INLET, SC 29576
33aNPI1376618975assigned 11/21/2006
33bProvider typeNursing Care Agency
28Total paid$704K
24GClaims23,537
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Nursing Care Agency providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#27 of 39
Median peer was paid$2.91M
This provider vs. median0.2×
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 | 1,981 | $59K | |
| 2019 | 2,469 | $74K | |
| 2020 | 2,824 | $85K | |
| 2021 | 2,806 | $84K | |
| 2022 | 3,158 | $95K | |
| 2023 | 5,420 | $162K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,879 | $145K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5161 | Emergency response system; service fee, per month (excludes installation and testing) | 100% | 23,525 | 23,469 | $704K |
| S5160 | Emergency response system; installation and testing | <1% | 12 | 12 | $360.00 |
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 officialSNIDER, MITCHELL (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Diagnostic Solutions, INC. | Myrtle Beach, SC | $520K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.