Cotoneaster Cds,llc

Cotoneaster Cds,llc was paid $1.73M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is T1019, help at home with bathing, dressing and eating, billed per 15 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCOTONEASTER CDS,LLC
CARUTHERSVILLE, MO 63830

33aNPI1811375934assigned 05/08/2015

33bProvider typeHome Health Agency

28Total paid$1.73M

24GClaims32,554

24DCodes billed1

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Home Health Agency providers in Missouri

Rank by total paid#247 of 572

Median peer was paid$1.41M

This provider vs. median1.2×

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.

Single-Code Concentration100% of spending on code T1019 with only 1 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	4,114	$187K
2019	3,779	$169K
2020	4,340	$206K
2021	4,616	$249K
2022	4,743	$265K
2023	5,116	$304K
2024incomplete	5,846	$351K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
T1019	Help at home with bathing, dressing and eating, billed per 15 minutesPersonal care services, per 15 minutes, not for an inpatient or resident of a hospital, nursing facility, icf/mr or imd, part of the individualized plan of treatment (code may not be used to identify services provided by home health aide or certified nurse assistant)	100%	32,554	1,440	$1.73M

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 officialSMITH, PAULA (MEMBER)

Same official

Other billing entities under SMITH, PAULA

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