Agency
Kern Hospice Care, INC
Kern Hospice Care, INC was paid $1.51M by Medicaid between Dec 2021 and Sep 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 0659, Rehabilitation services, other — 77% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKERN HOSPICE CARE, INC
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
33aNPI1720577554assigned 05/07/2018
33bProvider typeCommunity Based Hospice Care Agency
28Total paid$1.51M
24GClaims306
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthDec 2021 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in California
Rank by total paid#154 of 557
Median peer was paid$511K
This provider vs. median3.0×
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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $60K | |
| 2023 | 42 | $182K | |
| 2024incomplete | 252 | $1.27M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0659 | Rehabilitation services, other | 77% | 225 | 222 | $1.16M |
| 0650 | Inj, levothyroxine, hikma | 23% | 81 | 78 | $353K |
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 officialKUMAR, NARINDER (CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Kumar Lifecare Hospice INC | Winnetka, CA | $262K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.