Agency
Hospicecare in the Berkshires, INC.
Hospicecare in the Berkshires, INC. was paid $13.81M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is T2046, Hospice long term care, room and board only; per diem — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOSPICECARE IN THE BERKSHIRES, INC.
PITTSFIELD, MA 01201
PITTSFIELD, MA 01201
33aNPI1457358533assigned 07/05/2005
33bProvider typeCommunity Based Hospice Care Agency
28Total paid$13.81M
24GClaims43,005
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#15 of 71
Median peer was paid$4.97M
This provider vs. median2.8×
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 | 8,385 | $2.43M | |
| 2019 | 8,130 | $2.49M | |
| 2020 | 7,029 | $2.00M | |
| 2021 | 5,970 | $1.71M | |
| 2022 | 4,962 | $1.37M | |
| 2023 | 5,564 | $2.11M | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,965 | $1.70M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T2046 | Hospice long term care, room and board only; per diem | 100% | 4,163 | 3,317 | $13.81M |
| 99310 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | <1% | 78 | 55 | $3K |
| G0299 | Direct skilled nursing services of a registered nurse (rn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes | 0% | 17,102 | 3,445 | $0.00 |
| G0156 | Services of home health/hospice aide in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutes | 0% | 10,382 | 1,372 | $0.00 |
| G0300 | Direct skilled nursing services of a licensed practical nurse (lpn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes | 0% | 2,972 | 1,542 | $0.00 |
| G0155 | Services of clinical social worker in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutes | 0% | 4,824 | 2,451 | $0.00 |
| Q5001 | Hospice or home health care provided in patient's home/residence | 0% | 1,551 | 1,483 | $0.00 |
| Q5003 | Hospice care provided in nursing long term care facility (ltc) or non-skilled nursing facility (nf) | 0% | 1,933 | 1,887 | $0.00 |
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 officialCHAPPELL, MICHELLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Parent organizationBERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.