Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Lifestream, INC

Lifestream, INC was paid $2.96M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is S5140, Foster care, adult; per diem — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLIFESTREAM, INC
NEW BEDFORD, MA 02746
33aNPI1477702066assigned 09/18/2008
33bProvider typeFoster Care Agency
28Total paid$2.96M
24GClaims44,524
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Foster Care Agency providers in Massachusetts

Rank by total paid#18 of 35
Median peer was paid$2.96M
This provider vs. median1.0×

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.

Single-Code Concentration100% of spending on code S5140 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$20K$40K$60K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20187,412$452K
20197,218$440K
20206,434$405K
20215,936$410K
20225,504$388K
20235,702$407K
2024incomplete6,318$455K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
S5140 Foster care, adult; per diem 100% 44,524 1,458 $2.96M

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 officialLATAWIEC, JOHN (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Same official

Other billing entities under LATAWIEC, JOHN

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Lifestream,incAcushnet, MA$6.64M
Lifestream, INCNew Bedford, MA$5.33M
Lifestream, INCNew Bedford, MA$2.45M

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.