EBENEZER KOBINA QUAINOO, MD

NPI 1326033952, individual, Baltimore, MD, Internal Medicine

Evidence tier

informational

score 29 of 100, rank 11938, $9K at stake

Paid after the action

Months in which Medicaid paid claims for this provider after a public action that should have triggered a screening check. This is a record of payments, not a determination that they were improper.

list	identity check	action date	window closed	months paid after	first	last	paid after	12 months before
oig admin enforcement record (civil settlement): ebenezer quainoo, md and baltimore healthcare agreed to pay $255,000 for allegedly violating the civil monetary penalties law by submitting claims for non-fda approved drugs	No NPI on the list; matched by name at high confidence	Oct 10, 2024	still open	2	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	$9K	$94K

National provider registry

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Name	EBENEZER KOBINA QUAINOO, MD
Type	Individual, sole proprietor
Status	Active
NPI issued	September 20, 2005, last updated April 13, 2011
Practice location	3350 WILKENS AVE, SUITE 307, Baltimore, MD 21229-4600, 410-368-8317
Mailing address	PO BOX 21068, Catonsville, MD 21228-0568
Specialties	Internal Medicine (207R00000X, primary, license DOO61765 MD)

In this area

9 providers in Baltimore city County, MD carry an indicator in the public record, with $6.4M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 5 of them, followed by named in an enforcement record on 3. 3 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	GUIDING LIVES Baltimore, MD, ranked 57	$1.4M	Adjudicated (sentenced) per a state attorney general release dated December 8, 2025. Medicaid paid $1,358,665 in the last 12 observed months.
1	ANOTHER CHANCE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES Baltimore, MD, ranked 67	$874K	Adjudicated (sentenced) per a state attorney general release dated December 8, 2025. Medicaid paid $873,505 in the last 12 observed months.
1	GUIDING LIVES Baltimore, MD, ranked 631	$0	Adjudicated (sentenced) per a state attorney general release dated December 8, 2025. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
2	ABENA ADOKO SANDO Baltimore, MD, ranked 704	$581K	Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 4 months, peaking at 23.0 hours per day across 3 billing organizations. Medicaid dollars per patient on code 90834 ($382 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
4	WALTER TOLLER Baltimore, MD, ranked 7947	$480K	Hours beyond a day in 2 months, but with up to 1173 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours. Records needed. and 1 more
4	TANYA PEETE Baltimore, MD, ranked 8625	$2.5M	Hours beyond a day in 12 months, but with up to 737 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours. Records needed.
4	MELISSA POWELL Baltimore, MD, ranked 9327	$332K	Hours beyond a day in 1 month under one organization, which can be supervisory billing. Records needed.
5	FLORENCE EZE Baltimore, MD, ranked 11388	$279K

All 9 in MD

Recent enforcement in MD

All releases

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

DOJCivil settlementMar 20, 2026

Health Care Management Corporation Agrees to Pay $4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

CVR knowingly submitted claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for sclerotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, and endovenous laser ablation procedures to treat chronic venous insufficiency that were not clinically indicated and were medically unnecessary between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2016.

DOJCivil settlementNov 20, 2025

Diagnostic Laboratory Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations

GTI agreed to pay $1.635 million to resolve allegations that it submitted Medicare claims for respiratory pathogen panels that were medically unnecessary or obtained through kickbacks paid under a marketing services agreement with an infection prevention company for laboratory test referrals from long-term care facilities.

DOJSentencedNov 13, 2025

Baltimore County Woman Sentenced for Impersonating Nurses and Aggravated Identity Theft

Amponsah used stolen nursing licenses and false educational and professional histories to obtain employment as a purported licensed nurse at no less than 40 facilities in Maryland that billed health care benefit programs including Medicare and Medicaid for services she provided, earning more than $145,000 in wages.

DOJPleaded guiltyAug 14, 2025

Baltimore County Woman Admits to Impersonating Nurses, Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft

Amponsah used stolen nursing licenses and false educational and professional histories to obtain employment as a purported licensed nurse at no less than 40 facilities in Maryland, which billed health care benefit programs including Medicare and Medicaid for services she provided.

DOJCivil judgmentAug 11, 2025

United States Obtains More Than $1.4 Million Judgment Against Family Medical Practitioner for Fraudulent Billing

Akoto billed Medicare for auricular stimulation (P-Stim) devices using a code for a surgically implanted neurostimulator device, which Medicare does not reimburse as acupuncture.

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