Agency
Smart Choice Hospice INC
Smart Choice Hospice INC was paid $688K by Medicaid between Mar 2022 and Sep 2023, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 0659, Rehabilitation services, other — 81% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSMART CHOICE HOSPICE INC
CHATSWORTH, CA 91311
CHATSWORTH, CA 91311
33aNPI1891332557assigned 12/02/2019
33bProvider typeCommunity Based Hospice Care Agency
28Total paid$688K
24GClaims1,819
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthMar 2022 – Sep 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Community Based Hospice Care Agency providers in California
Rank by total paid#250 of 557
Median peer was paid$511K
This provider vs. median1.3×
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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,788 | $560K | |
| 2023 | 31 | $128K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0659 | Rehabilitation services, other | 81% | 1,788 | 106 | $560K |
| T2042 | Hospice routine home care; per diem | 19% | 31 | 25 | $128K |
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 officialVILLAREAL, FRANK (CEO)