Gilchrist Hospice Care INC.
Gilchrist Hospice Care INC. was paid $60.70M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is Q5003, Hospice care provided in nursing long term care facility (ltc) or non-skilled nursing facility (nf) — 90% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGILCHRIST HOSPICE CARE INC.
TOWSON, MD 21204
TOWSON, MD 21204
33aNPI1780773408assigned 10/12/2006
33bProvider typeRespite Care
28Total paid$60.70M
24GClaims12,730
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Respite Care providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#2 of 13
Median peer was paid$65K
This provider vs. median930×
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 Concentration90% of spending on code Q5003 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,965 | $10.40M | |
| 2019 | 2,362 | $10.74M | |
| 2020 | 2,087 | $9.06M | |
| 2021 | 1,636 | $7.30M | |
| 2022 | 1,499 | $6.24M | |
| 2023 | 1,759 | $8.70M | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,422 | $8.27M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q5003 | Hospice care provided in nursing long term care facility (ltc) or non-skilled nursing facility (nf) | 90% | 10,852 | 9,130 | $54.64M |
| Q5001 | Hospice or home health care provided in patient's home/residence | 10.0% | 1,878 | 1,512 | $6.06M |
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 officialHAMEL, CATHERINE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & COO)