Supplier
Virtue Hearing Aid Center, INC
Virtue Hearing Aid Center, INC was paid $2.94M by Medicaid between Jan 2020 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is V5298, Hearing aid, not otherwise classified — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVIRTUE HEARING AID CENTER, INC
MONTEBELLO, CA 90640
MONTEBELLO, CA 90640
33aNPI1841651411assigned 03/10/2016
33bProvider typeHearing Aid Equipment
28Total paid$2.94M
24GClaims1,986
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2020 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Hearing Aid Equipment providers in California
Rank by total paid#3 of 22
Median peer was paid$328K
This provider vs. median9.0×
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 V5298 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 205 | $295K | |
| 2021 | 371 | $550K | |
| 2022 | 444 | $655K | |
| 2023 | 492 | $735K | |
| 2024incomplete | 474 | $706K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V5298 | Hearing aid, not otherwise classified | 100% | 1,986 | 1,978 | $2.94M |
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 officialMEDINA, CHRISTOPHER (CEO)