State of Alabama Department of Public Health

State of Alabama Department of Public Health was paid $427K by Medicaid between Jan 2020 and Jul 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is S9123, Nursing care, in the home; by registered nurse, per hour (use for general nursing care only, not to be used when cpt codes 99500-99602 can be used) — 63% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSTATE OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
GUNTERSVILLE, AL 35976

33aNPI1659459014assigned 11/02/2006

33bProvider typeHome Health Agency

28Total paid$427K

24GClaims2,074

24DCodes billed2

24AFirst – last monthJan 2020 – Jul 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Home Health Agency providers in Alabama

Rank by total paid#15 of 68

Median peer was paid$23K

This provider vs. median19×

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 WEDGEWORTH, GROVER controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more

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
2020	92	$21K
2023	1,277	$249K
2024incomplete	705	$156K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
S9123	Nursing care, in the home; by registered nurse, per hour (use for general nursing care only, not to be used when cpt codes 99500-99602 can be used)	63%	1,006	257	$269K
S9122	Home health aide or certified nurse assistant, providing care in the home; per hour	37%	1,068	183	$158K

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 officialWEDGEWORTH, GROVER (STATE HOME CARE DIRECTOR)

Parent organizationSTATE OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Same official

Other billing entities under WEDGEWORTH, GROVER

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Provider	Location	Paid
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Dothan, AL	$6.85M
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Moulton, AL	$3.94M
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Sheffield, AL	$1.34M
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Clayton, AL	$1.21M
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Athens, AL	$835K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Decatur, AL	$580K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Cullman, AL	$533K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Montgomery, AL	$484K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Enterprise, AL	$430K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Dothan, AL	$389K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Haleyville, AL	$315K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Chatom, AL	$305K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Hamilton, AL	$247K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Decatur, AL	$239K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Tuscaloosa, AL	$217K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Prattville, AL	$174K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Sheffield, AL	$152K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Vernon, AL	$138K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Prattville, AL	$135K
State of Alabama Department of Public Health	Tuscaloosa, AL	$108K

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