MOMENTS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC

NPI 1982249520, organization, Stafford, TX, Hospice Care, Community Based

Evidence tier

network structure with a list link

Part of provider network D1-00036, ranked 36 nationally.

score 66 of 100, rank 1173, $435K at stake

Provider networks

D1-00036 ranked 36

146 providers around Houston, TX: 89 hospices, 56 home health agencies, 1 nursing facility.

National provider registry

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Name	MOMENTS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC (also MOMENTS HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE)
Type	Organization
Status	Active
NPI issued	November 7, 2019, last updated December 19, 2022
Practice location	13015 FRANK LN, Stafford, TX 77477-4511, 281-301-0641
Authorized official	VANESSA JOHNS (Administrator/DON)
Specialties	Hospice Care, Community Based (251G00000X, 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
T2042	Medicaid service code	$435K	100%	$5K	$4K (top 5% from $5K)	too few months to rank

In this area

79 providers in Fort Bend County, TX carry an indicator in the public record, with $37.1M at stake between them. The most common is part of a provider network, on 68 of them, followed by more hours than a day holds on 6. 1 is tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	MERCRIS HOME HEALTH INC Richmond, TX, ranked 29	$899K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since May 1, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 17 later months, $899,287 in total. and 1 more
3	ACP HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, INC. Sugar Land, TX, ranked 837	$2.0M	Part of provider network D1-00081, ranked 81 nationally. 100% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
3	EMBASSY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Stafford, TX, ranked 842	$1.6M	Part of provider network D1-00036, ranked 36 nationally. 100% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
3	COTTAGE HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC Sugar Land, TX, ranked 849	$1.1M	Part of provider network D1-00036, ranked 36 nationally. 100% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
3	ACE HEALTHCARE SERVICES,INC Missouri City, TX, ranked 851	$1.1M	Part of provider network D1-00036, ranked 36 nationally. 100% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
3	SERENITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC Stafford, TX, ranked 865	$755K	Part of provider network D1-00081, ranked 81 nationally. 100% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
3	VENTEX HOME HEALTH AGENCY INC. Stafford, TX, ranked 905	$8.2M	Part of provider network D1-00036, ranked 36 nationally.
3	RESERVED HOME HEALTH CARE, LLC Stafford, TX, ranked 1048	$975K	Part of provider network D1-00036, ranked 36 nationally.

All 79 in TX

Recent enforcement in TX

All releases

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

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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