Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Southern Assisted Living, LLC.

Southern Assisted Living, LLC. was paid $1.36M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is 99509, Home visit for assistance with activities of daily living and personal care — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSOUTHERN ASSISTED LIVING, LLC.
HICKORY, NC 28601
33aNPI1740345727assigned 12/27/2006
33bProvider typeAssisted Living Facility
28Total paid$1.36M
24GClaims25,992
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Assisted Living Facility providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#181 of 291
Median peer was paid$2.32M
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.

Single-Code Concentration100% of spending on code 99509 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official LESKOWICZ, JOANNE controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$20K$40K$60K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20184,843$205K
20191,661$71K
20203,341$149K
20212,661$156K
20221,418$89K
20235,129$265K
2024incomplete6,939$430K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99509 Home visit for assistance with activities of daily living and personal care 100% 25,992 860 $1.36M

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 officialLESKOWICZ, JOANNE (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)
Parent organizationBROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC
Same official

Other billing entities under LESKOWICZ, JOANNE

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Emeritus Properties NGH, LLCMasa, AZ$9.53M
Brea East Mesa, LLCMesa, AZ$8.12M
Emeritus CorporationVoorhees, NJ$7.38M
Southern Assisted Living, LLC.Monroe, NC$3.97M
Southern Assisted Living, LLC.Gastonia, NC$2.80M
Emeritus CorporationChubbuck, ID$2.22M
Emeritus Properties II, INC.Lewiston, ID$1.87M
Southern Assisted Living, LLC.Monroe, NC$1.85M
Emeritus CorporationBradenton, FL$1.65M
Emeritus CorporationPocatello, ID$1.55M
Esc III LPSan Marcos, TX$1.29M
Southern Assisted Living, LLC.Concord, NC$1.11M
Southern Assisted Living, LLC.Statesville, NC$799K
Southern Assisted Living, LLC.Monroe, NC$787K
Emeritus CorporationCoeur D Alene, ID$740K
Esc-Ngh, LPHouston, TX$731K
Brookdale Senior Living Communities, INC.Salina, KS$648K

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