Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

Comfort Care Hospice, LLC was paid $888K by Medicaid between Sep 2023 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is T2046, Hospice long term care, room and board only; per diem — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCOMFORT CARE HOSPICE, LLC
PELL CITY, AL 35128
33aNPI1730144890assigned 04/19/2006
28Total paid$888K
24GClaims172
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthSep 2023 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in Alabama

Rank by total paid#31 of 44
Median peer was paid$1.45M
This provider vs. median0.6×

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 BUCKHALTER, MATTHEW controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K2018201920202021202220232024
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
202350$246K
2024incomplete122$642K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
T2046 Hospice long term care, room and board only; per diem 100% 172 169 $888K

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 officialBUCKHALTER, MATTHEW (CFO)
Same official

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