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Advantage Consumer Directed Services, LLC

Home Health·Saint Louis, MO·NPI: 1902028772Share

Compared to Home Health Peers

Total spending distribution among 322 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $133.3M is at the 25th percentile among 322 Home Health providers.

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

Total Paid

$133.3M

$133,275,439

Total Claims

2.3M

Beneficiaries

101K

23.3 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$57

#856 of 618K providers by total spending(top 0.1%)

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

Advantage Consumer Directed Services, LLC is a Home Health provider based in Saint Louis, MO. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $133.3M in Medicaid payments across 2.3M 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 $133.3M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 16,659 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

266% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$7.8M
+56%
2019
$12.2M
+20%
2020
$14.7M
+13%
2021
$16.6M
+38%
2022
$22.8M
+34%
2023
$30.5M
-6%
2024
$28.6M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 3 distinct procedure codes. The top code (T1019 (Personal care services, per 15 min)) accounts for 100% of total spending.

T1019Normal range

Personal care services, per 15 min

$133.1M

2.3M claims · 99.9%

Your Cost: $56.73/claim|Median: $82.47
0.7× median
T2040Normal range

Financial management, self-directed; per month

$108K

970 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $111.65/claim|Median: $108.97
1.0× median
T2028Top 25%

Specialized supply, NOS; per unit

$29K

145 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $197.93/claim|Median: $79.30
2.5× median