Agency
Hospicio LA Paz INC
Hospicio LA Paz INC was paid $5.71M by Medicaid between Dec 2018 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is S9126, Hospice care, in the home, per diem — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOSPICIO LA PAZ INC
ARECIBO, PR 00612
ARECIBO, PR 00612
33aNPI1609868645assigned 08/16/2005
33bProvider typeCommunity Based Hospice Care Agency
28Total paid$5.71M
24GClaims3,132
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthDec 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#1 of 5
Median peer was paid$774K
This provider vs. median7.4×
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 S9126 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 20 | $36K | |
| 2019 | 326 | $547K | |
| 2020 | 637 | $1.32M | |
| 2021 | 505 | $998K | |
| 2022 | 388 | $772K | |
| 2023 | 548 | $1.10M | |
| 2024incomplete | 708 | $927K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S9126 | Hospice care, in the home, per diem | 100% | 3,132 | 2,453 | $5.71M |
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 officialMONROUZEAU, LUIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)