Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Pediatric Services of America, LLC

Pediatric Services of America, LLC was paid $21.87M by Medicaid between Feb 2019 and Sep 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is S9124, Nursing care, in the home; by licensed practical nurse, per hour — 98% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPEDIATRIC SERVICES OF AMERICA, LLC
LAKELAND, FL 33815
33aNPI1770515025assigned 07/07/2006
33bProvider typeHome Health Agency
28Total paid$21.87M
24GClaims46,163
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2019 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Home Health Agency providers in Florida

Rank by total paid#55 of 904
Median peer was paid$933K
This provider vs. median23×

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 Concentration98% of spending on code S9124 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official BUCKHALTER, MATTHEW controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$200K$400K$600K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20197,128$3.36M
202010,682$4.34M
20217,886$3.48M
20227,967$3.94M
20237,267$3.89M
2024incomplete5,233$2.85M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
S9124 Nursing care, in the home; by licensed practical nurse, per hour 98% 45,248 1,933 $21.49M
S9123 Nursing care, in the home; by registered nurse, per hour (use for general nursing care only, not to be used when cpt codes 99500-99602 can be used) 1.7% 915 84 $374K

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.