Supplier
The Best Senior Meals, LLC
The Best Senior Meals, LLC was paid $2.77M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is S5170, Home delivered meals, including preparation; per meal — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHE BEST SENIOR MEALS, LLC
TAMPA, FL 33607
TAMPA, FL 33607
33aNPI1932537115assigned 10/24/2013
33bProvider typeHome Delivered Meals
28Total paid$2.77M
24GClaims426,704
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Home Delivered Meals providers in Florida
Rank by total paid#9 of 21
Median peer was paid$1.63M
This provider vs. median1.7×
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 S5170 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 | 1,842 | $111K | |
| 2019 | 38,028 | $362K | |
| 2020 | 68,995 | $467K | |
| 2021 | 81,136 | $493K | |
| 2022 | 80,466 | $421K | |
| 2023 | 87,265 | $495K | |
| 2024incomplete | 68,972 | $421K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5170 | Home delivered meals, including preparation; per meal | 100% | 426,704 | 19,520 | $2.77M |
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 officialLOPEZ, ELIO (OWNER/ OPERATOR)