Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Rural Health Care, INC.

Rural Health Care, INC. was paid $81K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 94% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoRURAL HEALTH CARE, INC.
MURDO, SD 57559
33aNPI1720076441assigned 10/06/2005
28Total paid$81K
24GClaims993
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providers in South Dakota

Rank by total paid#26 of 39
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median0.4×

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 HARDWICK, JAMES controls 12+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$2.0K$4.0K$6.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2018256$30K
2019193$24K
202062$7K
202136$5K
202213$2K
2023178$3K
2024incomplete255$11K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 94% 619 543 $76K
90471 Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine 2.4% 13 13 $2K
99394 Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) 2.3% 12 12 $2K
W0037 1.2% 328 328 $984.00
87880 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A 0% 21 13 $0.00

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 officialHARDWICK, JAMES (CEO)
Same official

Other billing entities under HARDWICK, JAMES

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Rural Health Care, INCWorthington, MN$15.92M
Rural Health Care, INCMarshall, MN$10.08M
Rural Health Care, INCMitchell, SD$4.41M
Rural Health Care, INCBrookings, SD$2.11M
Rural Health Care, INCWindom, MN$1.60M
Rural Health Care, INC.Chamberlain, SD$233K
Rural Health Care, INC.Fulda, MN$229K
Rural Health Care, INC.Fort Pierre, SD$156K
Rural Health Care, INC.Highmore, SD$65K
Rural Health Care, INCPresho, SD$24K
Rural Health Care, INCOnida, SD$225.00
Rural Health Care, INCKennebec, SD$156.00

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