Supplier
Advanced Defense Protection, LLC
Advanced Defense Protection, LLC was paid $3.53M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is S5161, Emergency response system; service fee, per month (excludes installation and testing) — 98% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoADVANCED DEFENSE PROTECTION, LLC
GREENVILLE, SC 29607
GREENVILLE, SC 29607
33aNPI1528373396assigned 08/17/2010
33bProvider typeDurable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
28Total paid$3.53M
24GClaims116,413
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#13 of 160
Median peer was paid$125K
This provider vs. median28×
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 Concentration98% of spending on code S5161 with only 2 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11,050 | $329K | |
| 2019 | 12,556 | $371K | |
| 2020 | 15,696 | $475K | |
| 2021 | 17,577 | $532K | |
| 2022 | 18,333 | $559K | |
| 2023 | 19,006 | $581K | |
| 2024incomplete | 22,195 | $678K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5161 | Emergency response system; service fee, per month (excludes installation and testing) | 98% | 114,704 | 111,621 | $3.46M |
| S5160 | Emergency response system; installation and testing | 1.7% | 1,709 | 1,543 | $61K |
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 officialSMITH, OK (OWNER)