Lifecare Medical, INC

Lifecare Medical, INC was paid $127K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2021, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is E1390, Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate — 60% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLIFECARE MEDICAL, INC
HAMMOND, LA 70403

33aNPI1720164288assigned 10/27/2006

33bProvider typeOxygen Equipment & Supplies (DME)

28Total paid$127K

24GClaims6,957

24DCodes billed10

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2021

Compared with peers

Next to other Oxygen Equipment & Supplies (DME) providers in Louisiana

Rank by total paid#16 of 24

Median peer was paid$398K

This provider vs. median0.3×

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.

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	2,693	$51K
2019	2,365	$41K
2020	1,558	$29K
2021	341	$7K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
E1390	Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate	60%	2,224	1,914	$76K
E0570	Nebulizer, with compressor	12%	1,632	1,474	$16K
E0601	Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device	11%	341	275	$14K
K0001	Standard wheelchair	6.2%	752	667	$8K
E0143	Walker, folding, wheeled, adjustable or fixed height	3.4%	126	113	$4K
E0260	Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress	2.8%	159	138	$4K
E0431	Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing	2.3%	1,355	1,189	$3K
E0562	Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device	2.3%	302	244	$3K
A7005	Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, non-disposable	<1%	40	38	$461.57
A7003	Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, disposable	<1%	26	25	$63.34

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 officialDEPAULA, BRIAN (OWNER/MANAGER)