Supplier
Smiths Drugs of Forest City INC.
Smiths Drugs of Forest City INC. was paid $1.02M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 27 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 — 28% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSMITHS DRUGS OF FOREST CITY INC.
FOREST CITY, NC 28043
FOREST CITY, NC 28043
33aNPI1437171949assigned 07/24/2006
33bProvider typeCustomized Equipment (DME)
28Total paid$1.02M
24GClaims27,974
24DCodes billed27
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Customized Equipment (DME) providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#25 of 74
Median peer was paid$310K
This provider vs. median3.3×
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 | 5,137 | $159K | |
| 2019 | 4,421 | $151K | |
| 2020 | 4,626 | $172K | |
| 2021 | 4,323 | $175K | |
| 2022 | 3,198 | $110K | |
| 2023 | 3,658 | $129K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,611 | $118K |
Box 24 · Service lines
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 | 28% | 3,431 | 3,065 | $280K |
| E0601 | Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device | 19% | 4,161 | 3,860 | $198K |
| A4554 | Disposable underpads, all sizes | 6.7% | 1,218 | 1,111 | $68K |
| A4928 | Surgical mask, per 20 | 6.1% | 1,048 | 1,022 | $62K |
| A7030 | Full face mask used with positive airway pressure device, each | 5.6% | 465 | 441 | $56K |
| E0570 | Nebulizer, with compressor | 5.2% | 1,684 | 1,552 | $53K |
| A7035 | Headgear used with positive airway pressure device | 4.2% | 1,796 | 1,696 | $42K |
| A7034 | Nasal interface (mask or cannula type) used with positive airway pressure device, with or without head strap | 3.9% | 521 | 487 | $39K |
| E0431 | Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing | 3.8% | 2,771 | 2,478 | $39K |
| E0260 | Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress | 3.1% | 1,470 | 1,397 | $32K |
| A7037 | Tubing used with positive airway pressure device | 2.8% | 930 | 875 | $29K |
| K0001 | Standard wheelchair | 2.6% | 1,826 | 1,722 | $26K |
15 more codes
| E0562 | Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device | 1.9% | 102 | $19K |
| A4670 | Automatic blood pressure monitor | 1.9% | 311 | $19K |
| A7038 | Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device | 1.6% | 3,223 | $17K |
| A4604 | Tubing with integrated heating element for use with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 430 | $10K |
| A7031 | Face mask interface, replacement for full face mask, each | <1% | 272 | $9K |
| A7039 | Filter, non disposable, used with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 602 | $5K |
| E0244 | Raised toilet seat | <1% | 50 | $4K |
| E0240 | Bath/shower chair, with or without wheels, any size | <1% | 41 | $3K |
| A7046 | Water chamber for humidifier, used with positive airway pressure device, replacement, each | <1% | 200 | $2K |
| Q0513 | Pharmacy dispensing fee for inhalation drug(s); per 30 days | <1% | 215 | $2K |
| A4253 | Blood glucose test or reagent strips for home blood glucose monitor, per 50 strips | <1% | 820 | $1K |
| E0143 | Walker, folding, wheeled, adjustable or fixed height | <1% | 12 | $483.56 |
| J7620 | Albuterol, up to 2.5 mg and ipratropium bromide, up to 0.5 mg, fda-approved final product, non-compounded, administered through dme | <1% | 200 | $444.82 |
| A7003 | Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, disposable | <1% | 78 | $216.04 |
| A4259 | Lancets, per box of 100 | <1% | 97 | $8.72 |
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 officialHILL, MARK (COO-GM)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
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| Core Health Medical, P.C. | Bronx, NY | $654K |
| Cameron Ambulance District | Cameron, MO | $548K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.