Palms Retirement Center INC.

Palms Retirement Center INC. was paid $3.39M by Medicaid between Mar 2023 and Dec 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is T2031, Assisted living; waiver, per diem — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPALMS RETIREMENT CENTER INC.
FULLERTON, CA 92832

33aNPI1497402408assigned 03/09/2022

33bProvider typeAssisted Living Facility

28Total paid$3.39M

24GClaims28,292

24DCodes billed1

24AFirst – last monthMar 2023 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Assisted Living Facility providers in California

Rank by total paid#117 of 252

Median peer was paid$2.95M

This provider vs. median1.1×

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 T2031 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.

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
2023	6,200	$732K
2024incomplete	22,092	$2.66M

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
T2031	Assisted living; waiver, per diem	100%	28,292	1,056	$3.39M

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 officialBHATIA, SONA (OWNER)

Same official

Other billing entities under BHATIA, SONA

Full network →

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