Agency
Brightstar CRDM, LLC
Brightstar CRDM, LLC was paid $967K by Medicaid between Apr 2019 and Dec 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is S5125, attendant care at home, billed per 15 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBRIGHTSTAR CRDM, LLC
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52402
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52402
33aNPI1437652401assigned 03/15/2018
33bProvider typeHome Health Agency
28Total paid$967K
24GClaims11,862
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthApr 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Home Health Agency providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#27 of 137
Median peer was paid$169K
This provider vs. median5.7×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 344 | $90K | |
| 2020 | 1,075 | $180K | |
| 2021 | 1,250 | $74K | |
| 2022 | 2,463 | $166K | |
| 2023 | 2,748 | $186K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,982 | $271K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5125 | Attendant care at home, billed per 15 minutesAttendant care services; per 15 minutes | 100% | 11,848 | 1,925 | $967K |
| S5161 | Emergency response system; service fee, per month (excludes installation and testing) | <1% | 14 | 13 | $267.13 |
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 officialHOUGHTON, TODD (DIRECTOR, CORPORATE LOCATIONS)