Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Premier Healthcare Services, LLC

Premier Healthcare Services, LLC was paid $14.08M by Medicaid between Jan 2019 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is G0300, Direct skilled nursing services of a licensed practical nurse (lpn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes — 99% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPREMIER HEALTHCARE SERVICES, LLC
PALMDALE, CA 93550
33aNPI1811238967assigned 03/13/2013
33bProvider typeHome Health Agency
28Total paid$14.08M
24GClaims34,881
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2019 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Home Health Agency providers in California

Rank by total paid#39 of 1,072
Median peer was paid$9K
This provider vs. median1,511×

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 Concentration99% of spending on code G0300 with only 3 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$100K$200K$300K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20194,683$1.70M
20208,359$3.18M
20217,165$2.82M
20224,318$1.71M
20235,415$2.45M
2024incomplete4,941$2.22M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
G0300 Direct skilled nursing services of a licensed practical nurse (lpn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes 99% 33,163 1,753 $13.95M
G0162 Skilled services by a registered nurse (rn) for management and evaluation of the plan of care; each 15 minutes (the patient's underlying condition or complication requires an rn to ensure that essential non-skilled care achieves its purpose in the home health or hospice setting) <1% 1,559 1,499 $70K
Z5834 <1% 159 12 $60K

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)
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