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Arizona Consumer Direct Personal Care

Home Health·Tucson, AZ·NPI: 1386854370SharePrint Report

Red Flags Explained

Each flag represents a statistical test that identified unusual billing patterns. Here's what each flag on this provider means in plain English:

Cost Outlier

Cost Outlier means this provider charges significantly more per claim than other providers billing the same procedure codes. This could indicate upcoding, inflated charges, or specialized services that justify higher costs.

These flags are statistical indicators only. Many flagged providers have legitimate explanations for their billing patterns. Learn more about our methodology.

Risk Assessment

Bills $316.65 per claim for S5125 (Attendant care services, per 15 min) — 3.9× the national median of $82.34.

This is a statistical summary, not an accusation. See our methodology.

Compared to Home Health Peers

Total spending distribution among 322 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $121.5M is at the 25th percentile among 322 Home Health providers.

Active Billing Period:2018-012024-12(84 months)

Total Paid

$121.5M

$121,450,350

Total Claims

412K

Beneficiaries

79K

5.2 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$295

#985 of 618K providers by total spending(top 0.2%)

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

Arizona Consumer Direct Personal Care is a Home Health provider based in Tucson, AZ. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $121.5M in Medicaid payments across 412K claims.

Important Context

  • ℹ️This provider is a known fiscal management organization for self-directed care programs. They manage billing on behalf of thousands of individual caregivers, so aggregate billing is high by design. However, the self-directed care category has been identified as fraud-prone by regulators.

Why This Matters

This provider received $121.5M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 15,181 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

30% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$14.3M
+25%
2019
$17.8M
+8%
2020
$19.2M
-17%
2021
$15.9M
+6%
2022
$16.9M
+11%
2023
$18.7M
-1%
2024
$18.6M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 6 distinct procedure codes. The top code (S5125 (Attendant care services, per 15 min)) accounts for 92% of total spending.

S5125Top 10%

Attendant care services, per 15 min

$112.3M

355K claims · 92.5%

Your Cost: $316.65/claim|Median: $82.34
3.9× median
S5150Top 25%

Unskilled respite care, per 15 min

$8.1M

47K claims · 6.7%

Your Cost: $172.44/claim|Median: $84.46
2.0× median
T2040Normal range

Financial management, self-directed; per month

$660K

6K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $106.05/claim|Median: $108.97
1.0× median
S5135Normal range

Companion care, adult, per diem

$253K

3K claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $74.23/claim|Median: $52.25
1.4× median
S5130Top 25%

Homemaker service, NOS; per 15 min

$72K

698 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $103.74/claim|Median: $48.76
2.1× median
S5108Normal range

Home care training to home care client, per 15 minutes

$312

15 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $20.79/claim|Median: $107.36
0.2× median