ALTIUS INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
NPI: 1619580891
· SEATTLE, WA 98121
· Clinical Medical Laboratory
· NPI assigned 08/26/2020
Billing Flags
· Automated signals — not evidence of fraud
Single-Code Concentration
100% of spending on code U0003 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
$2.08M
Total Medicaid Paid
Provider Details
Monthly Spending Trend
Yearly Breakdown
| Year | Claims | Total Paid |
|---|
| 2020 |
4,412 |
$249K |
| 2021 |
41,384 |
$1.11M |
| 2022 |
24,562 |
$713K |
| 2023 |
390 |
$10K |
Billing Codes
| Code | Description | Claims | Beneficiaries | Total Paid |
|---|
| U0003 |
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r |
44,679 |
31,190 |
$2.08M |
| U0005 |
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2 |
26,069 |
20,935 |
$940.81 |