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Rural Health Care, INC.

Rural Health Care, INC. was paid $229K by Medicaid between Sep 2020 and Apr 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 77% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoRURAL HEALTH CARE, INC.
FULDA, MN 56131
33aNPI1730707084assigned 07/13/2020
28Total paid$229K
24GClaims1,389
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthSep 2020 – Apr 2024
Compared with peers

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

Rank by total paid#38 of 42
Median peer was paid$1.18M
This provider vs. median0.2×

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$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2020166$13K
2021437$70K
2022334$68K
2023323$56K
2024incomplete129$22K
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 77% 871 712 $176K
99214 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity 23% 282 254 $52K
87804 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type <1% 43 25 $262.04
36415 Collection of venous blood by venipuncture <1% 140 131 $45.41
90686 <1% 53 39 $17.98

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.Fort Pierre, SD$156K
Rural Health Care, INC.Murdo, SD$81K
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.