Providers

WALESKA LIND, MSW

NPI 1336853886, individual, San Juan, PR, Social Worker, Clinical

4
Evidence tier
structure or single-organization volume
  • Hours beyond a day in 2 months, but with up to 224 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
score 50 of 100, rank 9521, $144K 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
Mar 2023More hours than a day holds at a conservative unit price7.874.049.466.5211190791 90832 98967 98968$31K
Apr 2023More hours than a day holds at a conservative unit price3.636.924.636.9180190791 90832 98967 98968$13K

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

NameWALESKA LIND, MSW
TypeIndividual
StatusActive
NPI issuedJanuary 10, 2023, last updated January 10, 2023
Practice location431 AVE HOSTOS, San Juan, PR 00918-3014, 787-704-0705
Mailing addressPO BOX 9809, San Juan, PR 00908-0809
Specialties
Social Worker, Clinical (1041C0700X, primary, license 11324 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
90832Psychotherapy, 30 minutes$68K40%$61$59 (top 5% from $239)52nd percentile
90791Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation$47K28%$176$105 (top 5% from $228)90th percentile
98967Telephone medical discussion provided by nonphysician professional, 11-20 minutes$26K15%$20$12 (top 5% from $134)57th percentile
96127Assessment of emotional or behavioral problems$11K6%$3.54$4.12 (top 5% from $19)41st percentile
90853Group psychotherapyhistory of abuse$8K5%$20$60 (top 5% from $332)16th percentile
98968Telephone medical discussion provided by nonphysician professional, 21-30 minutes$6K4%$35$38 (top 5% from $253)46th percentile
90834Psychotherapy, 45 minutes$4K2%$79$101 (top 5% from $318)too few months to rank
98966Telephone medical discussion provided by nonphysician professional, 5-10 minutes$1610%$10$2.13 (top 5% from $62)too few months to rank

In this area

12 providers in San Juan Municipio County, PR carry an indicator in the public record, with $5.0M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 8 of them, followed by named in an enforcement record on 3. 3 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tierproviderat stakewhy
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.
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.
3CMS HOME CARE METRO, LLC.
San Juan, PR, ranked 5251
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00068, ranked 68 nationally.
4FRANKIE ALVARADO
San Juan, PR, ranked 7831
$1.0M
  • Hours beyond a day in 3 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4JAN RODRIGUEZ FERRER
San Juan, PR, ranked 7946
$483K
  • Hours beyond a day in 2 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4ARNALDO CRUZ IGARTUA
San Juan, PR, ranked 8890
$1.3M
  • Hours beyond a day in 1 month, but with up to 683 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
5UBALDO SANTIAGO BUONO
San Juan, PR, ranked 10108
$996K
  • Medicaid dollars per patient on code 99233 ($251 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
All 12 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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