BETTER LIVING HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC

NPI 1033417381, organization, Dallas, TX, Home Health

Evidence tier

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Part of provider network D1-00044, ranked 44 nationally.
100% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.

score 68 of 100, rank 861, $828K at stake

Provider networks

D1-00044 ranked 44

76 providers around Los Angeles, CA: 23 hospices, 53 home health agencies.

National provider registry

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Name	BETTER LIVING HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC (also WOORI HOME CARE)
Type	Organization
Status	Active
NPI issued	March 10, 2011, last updated March 11, 2026
Practice location	11526 HARRY HINES BLVD STE 106B, Dallas, TX 75229-8120, 972-982-2228
Authorized official	YOUNG SOOK KANG (Administrator)
Specialties	Home Health (251E00000X, primary)

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

code	what it is	paid	share	per patient-month	typical	rank among providers
S5125	Attendant care services per 15 minhistory of abuse	$1.7M	100%	$1K	$2K (top 5% from $5K)	43rd percentile

In this area

205 providers in Dallas County, TX carry an indicator in the public record, with $105.5M at stake between them. The most common is part of a provider network, on 176 of them, followed by more hours than a day holds on 15. 7 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	AMAZING GRACE FAMILY DENTISTRY, PC Dallas, TX, ranked 178	$57K	Listed on the TX Medicaid exclusion list since September 7, 2018. Medicaid still paid claims in 6 later months, $56,805 in total.
1	CECILE NGUYEN Grand Prairie, TX, ranked 187	$52K	Listed on the TX Medicaid exclusion list since July 9, 2021. Medicaid still paid claims in 2 later months, $51,766 in total.
1	PHR DIAGNOSTICS, LLC Dallas, TX, ranked 431	$226	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since November 13, 2017. Medicaid still paid claims in 11 later months, $226 in total.
1	DENO BARROGA Dallas, TX, ranked 465	$0	Adjudicated (pleaded guilty, sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated May 21, 2024. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
1	DESI BARROGA Dallas, TX, ranked 491	$0	Adjudicated (pleaded guilty, sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated May 21, 2024. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
1	AXIS PROFESSIONAL LABS LLC Farmers Branch, TX, ranked 613	$0	Adjudicated (convicted) per an HHS-OIG enforcement record dated February 20, 2026. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
1	KINGDOM HEALTH LABORATORY LLC Dallas, TX, ranked 678	$0	Adjudicated (convicted) per an HHS-OIG enforcement record dated February 20, 2026. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
3	COMFORT HOME HEALTH CARE INC Garland, TX, ranked 818	$8.9M	Part of provider network D1-00061, ranked 61 nationally. 100% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.

All 205 in TX

Recent enforcement in TX

All releases

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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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