Lincare INC.
Lincare INC. was paid $960K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is E1390, Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate — 72% of everything it billed.
GASTONIA, NC 28054
Next to other Oxygen Equipment & Supplies (DME) providers in North 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 | 11,429 | $155K | |
| 2019 | 10,298 | $146K | |
| 2020 | 9,289 | $159K | |
| 2021 | 6,610 | $129K | |
| 2022 | 8,149 | $119K | |
| 2023 | 8,637 | $129K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,016 | $123K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1390 | Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate | 72% | 23,533 | 12,560 | $692K |
| E0431 | Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing | 7.0% | 13,753 | 7,411 | $67K |
| E0601 | Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device | 5.3% | 2,822 | 1,571 | $51K |
| A7030 | Full face mask used with positive airway pressure device, each | 3.2% | 878 | 581 | $31K |
| A7031 | Face mask interface, replacement for full face mask, each | 2.0% | 1,006 | 709 | $20K |
| E0562 | Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device | 1.8% | 2,735 | 1,548 | $17K |
| E0570 | Nebulizer, with compressor | 1.6% | 3,548 | 2,235 | $15K |
| A7034 | Nasal interface (mask or cannula type) used with positive airway pressure device, with or without head strap | 1.4% | 593 | 389 | $14K |
| E1392 | Portable oxygen concentrator, rental | 1.4% | 1,571 | 774 | $13K |
| A7035 | Headgear used with positive airway pressure device | 1.3% | 1,565 | 1,007 | $13K |
| A7038 | Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device | 1.2% | 4,782 | 3,058 | $12K |
| A4604 | Tubing with integrated heating element for use with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 742 | 550 | $6K |
5 more codes
| A7037 | Tubing used with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 491 | $5K |
| A7032 | Cushion for use on nasal mask interface, replacement only, each | <1% | 170 | $2K |
| A7003 | Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, disposable | <1% | 2,105 | $1K |
| A7046 | Water chamber for humidifier, used with positive airway pressure device, replacement, each | <1% | 111 | $260.63 |
| A7005 | Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, non-disposable | <1% | 23 | $49.53 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Founders Healthcare, LLC | Phoenix, AZ | $66.75M |
| Founders Healthcare, LLC | Tucson, AZ | $20.76M |
| Founders Healthcare, LLC | Las Vegas, NV | $18.86M |
| Lincare INC. | Greenwood, IN | $16.16M |
| Lincare INC. | Fort Wayne, IN | $13.95M |
| Lincare INC | Westerville, OH | $12.98M |
| Patient Support Services, INC | Texarkana, TX | $10.33M |
| Founders Healthcare, LLC | Glendale, AZ | $8.92M |
| Founders Healthcare LLC | Tempe, AZ | $7.47M |
| RCS Management Corp | Surprise, AZ | $5.55M |
| Lincare INC. | South Point, OH | $4.86M |
| Lincare INC | Moraine, OH | $4.56M |
| Lincare INC. | Asheville, NC | $4.35M |
| Lincare INC. | Cincinnati, OH | $4.34M |
| Lincare INC | Terre Haute, IN | $4.31M |
| Lincare INC | Bridgeport, WV | $3.97M |
| Lincare INC. | Madison, IN | $3.66M |
| Lincare INC. | Winston-salem, NC | $3.55M |
| Lincare INC. | Largo, FL | $3.08M |
| Lincare INC. | Concord, CA | $2.75M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.