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Vitas Healthcare of Texas, LP

Vitas Healthcare of Texas, LP was paid $1.34M by Medicaid between Jan 2019 and Mar 2022, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is T2046, Hospice long term care, room and board only; per diem — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoVITAS HEALTHCARE OF TEXAS, LP
HOUSTON, TX 77098
33aNPI1659410850assigned 02/05/2007
28Total paid$1.34M
24GClaims507
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2019 – Mar 2022
Compared with peers

Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#112 of 252
Median peer was paid$1.04M
This provider vs. median1.3×

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 T2046 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official WESTFALL, NICHOLAS controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2019111$226K
202091$259K
2021246$694K
202259$159K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
T2046 Hospice long term care, room and board only; per diem 100% 507 402 $1.34M

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 officialWESTFALL, NICHOLAS (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Same official

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