Providers

CARMEN MERCEDES TATIS DE LEON, MS SLP

NPI 1316241128, individual, Trujillo Alto, PR, Speech-Language Pathologist,

4
Evidence tier
structure or single-organization volume
  • Hours beyond a day in 25 months, but with up to 567 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
score 52 of 100, rank 8425, $4.7M at stake

Hours billed per day

Medicaid billing converted into hours of hands-on care per day. The lower bound counts one unit per claim line and needs no price; the other two divide dollars by a unit price, the conservative one at 1.5 times the price. The clinician on the claim may be a supervisor under state rules, so billing organizations are counted too.

monthwhat was foundhours per day, lower boundhours per day, at pricehours per day, conservativeper working daypatientsbilling organizationscodespaid
Sep 2020More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line26.422.815.220.7229192507 92523 99442$65K
Oct 2020More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line25.618.812.517.6239192507 92523$58K
Jan 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line59.864.943.361.0407192507 92521 92523 92524 98967$228K
Feb 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line54.455.236.851.5480192507 92521 92523 92524$192K
Mar 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line36.938.225.534.3470192507 92521 92523 92524$145K
Apr 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line29.130.220.230.2398192507 92523$110K
May 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line34.235.223.531.6496192507 92521 92523 92524$135K
Jun 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line34.035.023.331.8540192507 92521 92523 92524$132K
Jul 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line29.630.620.430.1420192507 92521 92523 92524$116K
Aug 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line34.234.923.331.3520192507 92521 92523 92524$136K
Sep 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line37.537.825.236.0547192507 92521 92523 92524$142K
Oct 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line43.244.529.741.8567192507 92521 92523 92524$173K
Nov 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line36.536.924.633.6504192507 92521 92523 92524$135K
Dec 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line32.134.723.234.2483192507 92521 92523 92524$133K
Jan 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line37.342.628.438.3498192507 92521 92523 92524$169K
Feb 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line39.643.929.340.5522192507 92521 92523 92524$164K
Mar 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line34.238.425.637.7448192507 92521 92523 92524$152K
Apr 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line40.344.129.440.1412192507 92523 92524$166K
May 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line36.941.227.537.0494192507 92521 92523 92524$164K
Jun 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line34.438.225.538.2434192507 92521 92523 92524$147K
Jul 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line52.457.038.051.3366192507 92523$221K
Aug 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line57.062.341.658.6451192507 92521 92523 92524$247K
Sep 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line54.459.639.756.8360192507 92523$223K
Oct 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line61.267.044.760.2429192507 92521 92523 92524$264K
Nov 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line42.249.733.247.4378192507 92521 92523 92524$189K

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

NameCARMEN MERCEDES TATIS DE LEON, MS SLP
TypeIndividual
StatusActive
NPI issuedJanuary 8, 2011, last updated May 27, 2011
Practice locationCALLE 6 D-8, URB VILLAS DEL SOL, Trujillo Alto, PR 00976-4704, 787-467-2760
Specialties
Speech-Language Pathologist, (235Z00000X, primary, license 1000 PR)

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
92507Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or hearing processing disorder$5.1M91%$257$190 (top 5% from $477)68th percentile
92523Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression$357K6%$148$137 (top 5% from $251)56th percentile
92524Analysis of voice and resonance production$74K1%$112$77 (top 5% from $188)81st percentile
92521Evaluation of speech continuity, smoothness, rate, and effort$72K1%$136$87 (top 5% from $197)89th percentile
99442Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes$11K0%$75$21 (top 5% from $104)89th percentile
92526Treatment of swallowing and feeding disorder$2K0%$15$141 (top 5% from $421)2nd percentile
98967Telephone medical discussion provided by nonphysician professional, 11-20 minutes$1K0%$42$12 (top 5% from $134)too few months to rank
99443Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes$7420%$20$31 (top 5% from $184)too few months to rank

In this area

81 providers in PR carry an indicator in the public record, with $48.1M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 70 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 5. 6 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tierproviderat stakewhy
1MELVIN MATHEWS BERMUDEZ
Manati, PR, ranked 119
$166K
  • Listed on the Medicare revocation list since January 22, 2020.
  • Medicaid still paid claims in 32 later months, $165,501 in total.
1PHYSICIAN H.M.O. INC.
San Juan, PR, ranked 158
$81K
  • Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release dated July 17, 2025.
  • Medicaid paid $81,097 in the last 12 observed months.
1DIANA GALLARDO
Caguas, PR, ranked 321
$5K
  • Listed on the OIG exclusion list and the Medicare revocation list since July 9, 2021.
  • Medicaid still paid claims in 8 later months, $5,215 in total.
1VILLALBA MEDICAL TRANSPORT LLC
Juana Diaz, PR, ranked 401
$909
  • Listed on the Medicare revocation list since November 2, 2023.
  • Medicaid still paid claims in 1 later month, $909 in total.
1PHYSICIAN HMO INC.
San Juan, PR, ranked 408
$680
  • Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release dated July 17, 2025.
  • Medicaid paid $680 in the last 12 observed months.
1PHYSICIAN HMO INC.
Rio Piedras, PR, ranked 460
$0
  • Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release dated July 17, 2025.
  • No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
2YAMIR GARCIA SEGARRA
Caguas, PR, ranked 696
$1.9M
  • Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 3 months, peaking at 22.2 hours per day across 3 billing organizations.
  • Medicaid dollars per patient on code 92526 ($630 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
3CMS HOME CARE NORTE, LLC
Hatillo, PR, ranked 3502
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00068, ranked 68 nationally.
All 81 in PR

Recent enforcement in PR

All releases

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

DOJIndictedJun 23, 2026
2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown
Four defendants were charged in two schemes, one involving the advertising, sale, and distribution of Semaglutide, Mounjaro, steroids, and Tirzepatide that defendants were not authorized to possess and distribute, and the other involving performing dental procedures on patients without a valid dental license and misbranding of devices.
DOJCivil settlementJun 4, 2026
Puerto Rico Pharmacies Agree to Pay $4.6 Million to Federal Authorities in Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Cases
Four pharmacies and their owners agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve allegations that between January 2021 and January 2024 they billed Medicare and Medicaid for diverted prescriptions sold to patients that had been misrepresented as properly sourced despite unverifiable origins.
DOJPleaded guiltyJul 17, 2025
Physician Assistant who Pretended to be a Licensed Physician Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements to an Agency of the United States
Villalobos-Meléndez, a licensed physician assistant who was never licensed to practice medicine, forged medical license and USMLE documents, worked as a physician in a hospital internship program, and submitted false license information on a CMS-855I form seeking enrollment as a Medicare physician provider with benefits reassigned to Physician HMO.
DOJCivil settlementDec 23, 2024
MMM Holdings, LLC Agrees to Pay 15.2 Million Dollars to Resolve Allegations that it Violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute
MMM Holdings distributed gift cards to administrative assistants of providers to induce the referral, recommendation, or arrangement for enrollment of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries in an MMM Medicare Advantage plan and submitted or caused claims for payment to Medicare.
DOJIndictedSep 25, 2024
27 Individuals Indicted for Buying and Selling Wholesale Quantities of Misbranded and Diverted Prescription Drugs Resold to the Public Through Retail Pharmacies in Puerto Rico
Defendants engaged in unlicensed wholesale distribution of misbranded and diverted prescription drugs sold to pharmacy owners and employees who resold them to customers and billed health care benefit plans as if the drugs were authentic and obtained through licensed distribution channels.

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