Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Starlight Inpatient Services, a Medical Corporation

Starlight Inpatient Services, a Medical Corporation was paid $4.09M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is 99233, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) — 42% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSTARLIGHT INPATIENT SERVICES, A MEDICAL CORPORATION
PALMDALE, CA 93551
33aNPI1831459130assigned 05/21/2012
28Total paid$4.09M
24GClaims106,913
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#38 of 2,679
Median peer was paid$13K
This provider vs. median324×

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.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official VAUGHN, KAREN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201813,207$444K
201914,381$504K
202016,138$582K
202118,476$764K
202218,850$781K
202321,921$864K
2024incomplete3,940$152K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99233 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m 42% 45,757 18,486 $1.72M
99232 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity 24% 32,932 14,918 $970K
99223 Prolong inpt eval add15 m 20% 12,815 12,501 $816K
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes 10% 10,346 10,184 $429K
99238 Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less 2.8% 4,049 3,967 $113K
99222 Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity <1% 706 688 $38K
99497 <1% 78 44 $5K
1123F <1% 123 63 $2K
99291 Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes <1% 12 12 $1K
G8427 Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications <1% 95 92 $765.65

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.

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Authorized officialVAUGHN, KAREN (OFFICER)
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