Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Hospice of Health First INC.

Hospice of Health First INC. was paid $4.13M by Medicaid between Jan 2019 and Feb 2023, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is Q5003, Hospice care provided in nursing long term care facility (ltc) or non-skilled nursing facility (nf) — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHOSPICE OF HEALTH FIRST INC.
WEST MELBOURNE, FL 32904
33aNPI1518927797assigned 03/23/2006
28Total paid$4.13M
24GClaims1,283
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2019 – Feb 2023
Compared with peers

Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in Florida

Rank by total paid#21 of 47
Median peer was paid$1.55M
This provider vs. median2.7×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Single-Code Concentration100% of spending on code Q5003 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official PULIO, KRISTEN controls 12+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K$150K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2019195$764K
2020358$1.13M
2021345$1.08M
2022350$1.03M
202335$133K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
Q5003 Hospice care provided in nursing long term care facility (ltc) or non-skilled nursing facility (nf) 100% 1,283 924 $4.13M

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 officialPULIO, KRISTEN (EVP CFO)
Same official

Other billing entities under PULIO, KRISTEN

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