Supplier
Project Open Hand
Project Open Hand was paid $4.37M by Medicaid between Feb 2022 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is S9977, Meals, per diem, not otherwise specified — 53% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPROJECT OPEN HAND
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109
33aNPI1508476201assigned 08/06/2020
33bProvider typeHome Delivered Meals
28Total paid$4.37M
24GClaims12,164
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2022 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Home Delivered Meals providers in California
Rank by total paid#4 of 11
Median peer was paid$1.22M
This provider vs. median3.6×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 785 | $248K | |
| 2023 | 4,158 | $1.16M | |
| 2024incomplete | 7,221 | $2.96M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S9977 | Meals, per diem, not otherwise specified | 53% | 6,210 | 6,181 | $2.30M |
| S5170 | Home delivered meals, including preparation; per meal | 46% | 5,113 | 5,082 | $1.99M |
| S9470 | Nutritional counseling, dietitian visit | 1.7% | 841 | 840 | $75K |
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 officialHEPFER, PAUL (CEO)