Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Pediatric Services of America, LLC

Pediatric Services of America, LLC was paid $23.33M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is S9124, Nursing care, in the home; by licensed practical nurse, per hour — 96% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPEDIATRIC SERVICES OF AMERICA, LLC
BATON ROUGE, LA 70810
33aNPI1982626917assigned 07/25/2006
33bProvider typeNursing Care Agency
28Total paid$23.33M
24GClaims76,943
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Nursing Care Agency providers in Louisiana

Rank by total paid#2 of 28
Median peer was paid$2.91M
This provider vs. median8.0×

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 Concentration96% of spending on code S9124 with only 3 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official BUCKHALTER, MATTHEW controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$200K$400K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201814,946$3.61M
201912,561$3.20M
202011,732$3.18M
202111,689$3.51M
20229,906$3.11M
20238,087$3.38M
2024incomplete8,022$3.34M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
S9124 Nursing care, in the home; by licensed practical nurse, per hour 96% 74,609 3,327 $22.39M
T1000 Private duty / independent nursing service(s) - licensed, up to 15 minutes 3.4% 1,920 94 $796K
S9123 Nursing care, in the home; by registered nurse, per hour (use for general nursing care only, not to be used when cpt codes 99500-99602 can be used) <1% 414 37 $140K

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 officialBUCKHALTER, MATTHEW (CFO)
Same official

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