First Choice Medical Equipment, INC.
First Choice Medical Equipment, INC. was paid $817K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is E1390, Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate — 66% of everything it billed.
GALESBURG, IL 61401
Next to other Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition Supplies (DME) providers in Illinois
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,472 | $120K | |
| 2019 | 2,677 | $139K | |
| 2020 | 2,895 | $133K | |
| 2021 | 1,819 | $119K | |
| 2022 | 2,294 | $133K | |
| 2023 | 2,385 | $122K | |
| 2024incomplete | 865 | $51K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1390 | Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate | 66% | 5,548 | 5,142 | $540K |
| E0601 | Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device | 12% | 1,736 | 1,675 | $98K |
| A7030 | Full face mask used with positive airway pressure device, each | 3.4% | 316 | 289 | $28K |
| E0570 | Nebulizer, with compressor | 3.1% | 528 | 501 | $25K |
| E0431 | Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing | 2.9% | 1,080 | 1,012 | $23K |
| E1392 | Portable oxygen concentrator, rental | 2.6% | 1,426 | 1,259 | $22K |
| A4604 | Tubing with integrated heating element for use with positive airway pressure device | 2.4% | 761 | 686 | $20K |
| E0466 | Home ventilator, any type, used with non-invasive interface, (e.g., mask, chest shell) | 1.5% | 36 | 36 | $12K |
| A7035 | Headgear used with positive airway pressure device | 1.4% | 553 | 508 | $11K |
| E0562 | Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device | 1.3% | 256 | 244 | $10K |
| A7034 | Nasal interface (mask or cannula type) used with positive airway pressure device, with or without head strap | <1% | 163 | 144 | $7K |
| A7038 | Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 1,238 | 1,153 | $7K |
7 more codes
| A7031 | Face mask interface, replacement for full face mask, each | <1% | 126 | $4K |
| A7005 | Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, non-disposable | <1% | 223 | $4K |
| A7046 | Water chamber for humidifier, used with positive airway pressure device, replacement, each | <1% | 287 | $3K |
| K0738 | Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; home compressor used to fill portable oxygen cylinders; includes portable containers, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing | <1% | 40 | $1K |
| A7015 | Aerosol mask, used with dme nebulizer | <1% | 50 | $360.47 |
| A7032 | Cushion for use on nasal mask interface, replacement only, each | <1% | 20 | $330.24 |
| A7003 | Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, disposable | <1% | 20 | $96.83 |
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.
Who's on the registration
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.