Providers

WENDY NICOLE PETRUS, M.S.

NPI 1629278114, individual, Folsom, LA, Speech-Language Pathologist,

2
Evidence tier
impossible volume with concurrency
  • Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 2 months, peaking at 15.7 hours per day across 3 billing organizations.
score 81 of 100, rank 723, $1.9M 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
Feb 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line31.821.714.520.3463192507 92523 92526$68K
Mar 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line26.823.515.721.1490192507 92523 92526$81K

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

NameWENDY NICOLE PETRUS, M.S.
TypeIndividual, sole proprietor
StatusActive
NPI issuedJuly 23, 2007, last updated July 23, 2007
Practice location13335 BROADWAY ST, Folsom, LA 70437-6171, 985-502-1319
Specialties
Speech-Language Pathologist, (235Z00000X, primary, license 5768 LA)

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$2.6M83%$141$190 (top 5% from $477)33rd percentile
92523Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression$457K15%$153$137 (top 5% from $251)61st percentile
92526Treatment of swallowing and feeding disorder$64K2%$144$141 (top 5% from $421)51st percentile
92606Medicaid service code$00%$0.00too few months to rank
99072Medicaid service code$00%$0.00$0.00 (top 5% from $11)0th percentile

In this area

12 providers in St. Tammany Parish County, LA carry an indicator in the public record, with $324K at stake between them. The most common is named in an enforcement record, on 5 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 5. 4 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tierproviderat stakewhy
1ROBERT TASSIN
Slidell, LA, ranked 467
$0
  • Adjudicated (sentenced, pleaded guilty, charged) per a Department of Justice release dated March 10, 2025.
  • No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
1DENNIS PEYROUX
Slidell, LA, ranked 476
$0
  • Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release dated January 8, 2025.
  • No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
1ADRIAN TALBOT
Slidell, LA, ranked 620
$0
  • Adjudicated (sentenced, convicted) per a Department of Justice release dated July 22, 2024.
  • No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
1MELISSA WATSON
Slidell, LA, ranked 638
$0
  • Adjudicated (sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated July 29, 2024.
  • No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
3APEX HOME HEALTH, L.L.C.
Mandeville, LA, ranked 1564
$8K
  • Part of provider network D1-00101, ranked 101 nationally.
3SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA HOME HEALTH, LLC
Covington, LA, ranked 3608
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00101, ranked 101 nationally.
3MY PURPOSE COMMUNITY SERVICE
Slidell, LA, ranked 5398
$0
  • Charged (arrested) per a state attorney general release dated August 15, 2025, not adjudicated.
3BGM GROUP, LLC
Covington, LA, ranked 6461
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00101, ranked 101 nationally.
All 12 in LA

Recent enforcement in LA

All releases

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

DOJOtherJul 30, 2026
Louisiana U.S. Attorneys Highlight Nine Recent Fraud Prosecutions Across the State
A nurse practitioner was sentenced for a health care fraud scheme involving over $12 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests and receipt of kickbacks, and a New Orleans physician was charged with health care fraud for allegedly submitting $5.9 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and Humana for care not provided, in-person care for patients outside the state, and claims using other providers' identities.
DOJChargedJun 23, 2026
National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 455 Defendants Charged in Fraud Scheme Totaling Over $6.5 Billion
Defendants were charged in connection with schemes to submit claims for medically unnecessary respiratory pathogen panel testing, claims for care a physician did not provide, and false Medicaid claims for personal care services not rendered.
DOJSentencedJun 17, 2026
Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for $12M Medicare Fraud
A nurse practitioner received kickbacks for signing hundreds of orders for medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests after brief phone calls with patients without examining them, causing over $12.1 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare.
DOJSentencedApr 10, 2026
Slidell Doctor Sentenced For $6.6 Million In Health Care Fraud
Tassin, working through purported telemedicine companies, signed doctors' orders for cancer genetic tests for Medicare beneficiaries he never saw, spoke to, or treated, falsely certifying medical necessity in exchange for a set fee of typically $30 per order.
DOJSentencedJan 28, 2026
Slidell Chiropractor Sentenced For Health Care Fraud
Peyroux conspired with others to purchase Medicare beneficiary information and fabricated recordings and billed Medicare through his chiropractic clinic for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits that were not requested or were otherwise ineligible for reimbursement, falsely listing a former nurse practitioner as the referring provider.

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