Providers

EMPIRE SPANISH MEADOWS LTD

NPI 1033191127, organization, Brownsville, TX, Skilled Nursing Facility

3
Evidence tier
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  • Part of provider network D1-00077, ranked 77 nationally.
score 63 of 100, rank 1638, $2K at stake

National provider registry

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NameEMPIRE SPANISH MEADOWS LTD (also SPANISH MEADOWS)
TypeOrganization
StatusActive
NPI issuedNovember 15, 2005, last updated May 3, 2023
Practice location440 RUBEN M TORRES BLVD, Brownsville, TX 78520-9102, 195-654-6737
Mailing address25009 OAKHURST DR, Spring, TX 77386-1975
Authorized officialRAMIRO LOZANO (Managing Director)
Specialties
Skilled Nursing Facility (314000000X, primary, license 455802 TX)

Procedures billed

The specific codes behind the dollars. Medicaid figures come from T-MSIS (2018 to 2024) and are compared with every other provider billing the same code; Medicare figures come from the 2024 physician and supplier file and compare this provider's submitted charge with what Medicare allowed, against the usual ratio for that code.

Medicaid, largest codes
codewhat it ispaidshareper patient-monthtypicalrank among providers
A4310Medicaid service code$6K91%$7.16$7.78 (top 5% from $48)49th percentile
97530Therapy procedure using functional activities$5739%$1.86$124 (top 5% from $387)3rd percentile
U00022019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc$00%$0.00$40 (top 5% from $69)too few months to rank
G0008Administration of influenza virus vaccine$00%$0.00$0.25 (top 5% from $17)too few months to rank
G2024Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]) from an individual in a snf or by a laboratory on behalf of a hha, any specimen source$00%$0.00$19 (top 5% from $72)too few months to rank
97116Therapy procedure for walking training, each 15 minutes$00%$0.00$30 (top 5% from $180)too few months to rank
90686Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent, preservative free, 0.5 ml dosage$00%$0.00$2.30 (top 5% from $20)too few months to rank
97110Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes$00%$0.00$76 (top 5% from $314)0th percentile

In this area

15 providers in Cameron County, TX carry an indicator in the public record, with $11.7M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 10 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 4. 1 is tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tierproviderat stakewhy
1SOUTHWEST MEDICAL HOMEPATIENT
Harlingen, TX, ranked 665
$0
  • Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release dated April 29, 2025.
  • No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
3K&M HOSPICE LLC
Rio Hondo, TX, ranked 3914
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00062, ranked 62 nationally.
3WILLOW HOSPICE CARE LLC
Rio Hondo, TX, ranked 4074
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00062, ranked 62 nationally.
3APC HOME HEALTH SERVICE, INC
Harlingen, TX, ranked 5596
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00084, ranked 84 nationally.
3THE MEDICAL TEAM INC
Harlingen, TX, ranked 5853
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00101, ranked 101 nationally.
4ASIM ZAMIR
Brownsville, TX, ranked 7408
$6.9M
  • Hours beyond a day in 49 months, but with up to 6686 patients a month across 3 billing organizations, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4VAHID MIRAFZALI
Brownsville, TX, ranked 7750
$1.5M
  • Hours beyond a day in 12 months, but with up to 3070 patients a month across 4 billing organizations, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4FRANCISCO TORRES
Brownsville, TX, ranked 7814
$1.1M
  • Hours beyond a day in 9 months, but with up to 2045 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
All 15 in TX

Recent enforcement in TX

All releases

Department of Justice and HHS-OIG releases for this state, newest first. Each opens in a new tab.

DOJCivil settlementAug 26, 2026
Dallas medical clinic to pay $7.5 million to resolve COVID-19 testing overbilling allegations
Aymancare billed the federal government's HRSA Uninsured Program for separate evaluation and management services in addition to COVID-19 specimen collection and testing at pop-up testing sites when no such separate services were performed.
DOJConvictedAug 12, 2026
Scammer pharmacist guilty in $20 million healthcare kickback scheme
Thomas paid over $2 million in kickbacks to the owner of a Houston clinic in exchange for referrals of DOL-OWCP insured patients prescribed high-reimbursement compounded medications, which his pharmacy then billed to DOL-OWCP, receiving more than $20 million in reimbursements.
DOJIndictedJun 24, 2026
U.S. Attorney Announces Major Health Care Fraud Cases in Western District of Texas
Charles is alleged to have received illegal kickbacks for referring patients to San Antonio area hospice companies, causing over $9 million in Medicare claims, while Dr. Duncan settled allegations of billing Medicare and TRICARE for an unapproved amniotic-based product and Trevor's Place settled allegations of submitting inflated TRICARE claims for services not provided.
DOJIndictedJun 23, 2026
Nine charged in SDTX as part of national health care fraud takedown
Nine defendants were indicted in the Southern District of Texas for operating pill mill clinics and a pharmacy that unlawfully distributed controlled substances, billing Medicaid $16 million for mental health services for minors that did not occur, and billing Medicare and TRICARE approximately $906 million for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts procured through kickbacks.
DOJChargedJun 23, 2026
Northern District of Texas Charges 13 Health Care Fraudsters for Loss Over $360 Million
Thirteen defendants in the Northern District of Texas were charged in seven cases involving more than $365 million in fraudulent billing to federally-funded programs and other insurers, including laboratory and genetic testing claims procured through kickbacks, transcranial magnetic stimulation treatments billed to TRICARE, medically unnecessary EEG testing, and hospice services never provided.

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