Tenpenny, James

Tenpenny, James was paid $890K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2019, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is G0238, Therapeutic procedures to improve respiratory function, other than described by g0237, one on one, face to face, per 15 minutes (includes monitoring) — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoTENPENNY, JAMES
ST PETERSBURG, FL 33713

33aNPI1669808663assigned 09/23/2013

33bProvider typeRegistered Respiratory Therapist

28Total paid$890K

24GClaims18,859

24DCodes billed1

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2019

Compared with peers

Next to other Registered Respiratory Therapist providers in Florida

Rank by total paid#3 of 7

Median peer was paid$455K

This provider vs. median2.0×

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.

OIG exclusionListed on the federal exclusion list (12/20/2023).

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	16,716	$752K
2019	2,143	$138K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
G0238	Therapeutic procedures to improve respiratory function, other than described by g0237, one on one, face to face, per 15 minutes (includes monitoring)	100%	18,859	705	$890K

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.