Agency
Optimal Hospice, INC.
Optimal Hospice, INC. was paid $5.05M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 0658, — 54% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoOPTIMAL HOSPICE, INC.
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93309
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93309
33aNPI1396726493assigned 11/07/2005
33bProvider typeCommunity Based Hospice Care Agency
28Total paid$5.05M
24GClaims21,703
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in California
Rank by total paid#48 of 557
Median peer was paid$511K
This provider vs. median9.9×
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 | 2,015 | $391K | |
| 2019 | 809 | $181K | |
| 2020 | 713 | $147K | |
| 2021 | 181 | $39K | |
| 2022 | 1,101 | $232K | |
| 2023 | 8,238 | $2.03M | |
| 2024incomplete | 8,646 | $2.03M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0658 | 54% | 10,619 | 420 | $2.72M | |
| 0650 | Inj, levothyroxine, hikma | 29% | 6,356 | 324 | $1.45M |
| 0659 | Rehabilitation services, other | 8.7% | 2,309 | 97 | $439K |
| 0651 | 5.1% | 1,351 | 60 | $256K | |
| Q5001 | Hospice or home health care provided in patient's home/residence | 3.2% | 782 | 38 | $160K |
| Q5003 | Hospice care provided in nursing long term care facility (ltc) or non-skilled nursing facility (nf) | <1% | 286 | 221 | $20K |
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 officialCHRISTENSEN, GERRY (EXECUTIVE VP/CFO)
Parent organizationOPTIMAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Optimal Hospice, INC. | Fresno, CA | $8.90M |
| Optimal Hospice, INC. | Stockton, CA | $3.70M |
| Bristol Hospice - Utah II, L.L.C. | Murray, UT | $2.59M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.