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Denver Recovery Group LLC

Denver Recovery Group LLC was paid $21.94M by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and Dec 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is G0483, Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., ia, eia, elisa, emit, fpia) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 22 or more drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed — 73% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoDENVER RECOVERY GROUP LLC
LITTLETON, CO 80122
33aNPI1639778921assigned 10/19/2020
28Total paid$21.94M
24GClaims429,299
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Colorado

Rank by total paid#3 of 91
Median peer was paid$53K
This provider vs. median413×

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.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official CHAVEZ, KARLA controls 13+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$250K$500K$750K2018201920202021202220232024
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
202049,857$714K
2021215,485$4.16M
202242,335$4.06M
202360,365$5.83M
2024incomplete61,257$7.17M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
G0483 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., ia, eia, elisa, emit, fpia) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 22 or more drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed 73% 83,797 33,814 $15.92M
80307 Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay 12% 100,574 37,143 $2.61M
80355 <1% 11,460 5,845 $160K
80349 <1% 11,459 5,845 $160K
80353 <1% 11,459 5,845 $160K
80361 <1% 11,458 5,844 $160K
80356 <1% 11,458 5,845 $160K
80373 <1% 11,458 5,845 $160K
80362 <1% 11,458 5,845 $160K
80354 <1% 11,459 5,844 $160K
80375 <1% 11,458 5,845 $160K
80370 <1% 11,458 5,845 $160K
12 more codes
80366 <1% 11,458 $160K
80357 <1% 11,457 $160K
80360 <1% 11,457 $160K
80372 <1% 11,457 $160K
80365 <1% 11,457 $160K
80358 <1% 11,456 $160K
80359 <1% 11,456 $160K
80348 <1% 11,452 $160K
80325 <1% 11,450 $160K
80346 <1% 11,449 $160K
80323 <1% 11,272 $157K
80321 <1% 4,522 $60K

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 officialCHAVEZ, KARLA (BILLING DIRECTOR)
Same official

Other billing entities under CHAVEZ, KARLA

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Denver Recovery Group LLCDenver, CO$1.40M
Denver Recovery Group LLCLakewood, CO$592K
Denver Recovery Group LLCColorado Springs, CO$544K
Denver Recovery Group LLCLittleton, CO$451K
Denver Recovery Group LLCBoulder, CO$253K
Carmen M Diaz PHDLas Cruces, NM$167K
Denver Recovery Group LLCNorthglenn, CO$118K
Denver Recovery Group LLCMontrose, CO$109K
Denver Recovery Group LLCDenver, CO$66K
Denver Recovery Group LLCGlenwood Springs, CO$17K
Denver Recovery Group LLCDenver, CO$8K
Denver Recovery Group LLCAurora, CO$7K
Denver Recovery Group LLCLakewood, CO$3K

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