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Medical Necessities & Services LLC

Medical Necessities & Services LLC was paid $271K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is E0601, Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device — 21% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMEDICAL NECESSITIES & SERVICES LLC
CHATTANOOGA, TN 37421
33aNPI1942533476assigned 09/16/2009
28Total paid$271K
24GClaims17,521
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Oxygen Equipment & Supplies (DME) providers in Tennessee

Rank by total paid#20 of 53
Median peer was paid$168K
This provider vs. median1.6×

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 RUSSALESI, WENDY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20185,969$121K
20192,681$32K
20201,324$21K
20211,838$27K
20221,834$25K
20231,973$27K
2024incomplete1,902$19K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
E0601 Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device 21% 2,421 2,123 $57K
A7030 Full face mask used with positive airway pressure device, each 16% 1,057 911 $42K
E1390 Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate 14% 1,358 1,154 $39K
A7031 Face mask interface, replacement for full face mask, each 10% 1,661 1,421 $28K
A4604 Tubing with integrated heating element for use with positive airway pressure device 8.8% 1,262 1,092 $24K
A7034 Nasal interface (mask or cannula type) used with positive airway pressure device, with or without head strap 6.8% 602 552 $18K
E0562 Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device 5.2% 1,381 1,248 $14K
A7032 Cushion for use on nasal mask interface, replacement only, each 4.8% 646 597 $13K
A7038 Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device 4.3% 4,580 4,054 $12K
A7035 Headgear used with positive airway pressure device 4.1% 1,234 1,094 $11K
A7033 Pillow for use on nasal cannula type interface, replacement only, pair 2.2% 420 381 $6K
A7037 Tubing used with positive airway pressure device 1.1% 377 347 $3K
6 more codes
E1392 Portable oxygen concentrator, rental <1% 160 $1K
A7046 Water chamber for humidifier, used with positive airway pressure device, replacement, each <1% 277 $1K
E0570 Nebulizer, with compressor <1% 18 $504.89
A7036 Chinstrap used with positive airway pressure device <1% 41 $266.60
A7039 Filter, non disposable, used with positive airway pressure device <1% 12 $51.58
E0431 Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing <1% 14 $27.09

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 officialRUSSALESI, WENDY (AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL/DIRECTOR/OFFICE)
Parent organizationAEROCARE HOLDINGS LLC
Same official

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