VERITY
Providers

HAL C HUNSAKER, MS CCC-SLP

NPI 1982737656, individual, Wenatchee, WA, Speech-Language Pathologist,

4
Evidence tier
structure or single-organization volume
  • Hours beyond a day in 35 months, but with up to 905 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 8400, $5.2M 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 2019More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line25.025.116.723.9445192507 92523 92526 92609$73K
Oct 2019More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line30.730.820.527.6539192507 92523 92526 92609$92K
Nov 2019More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line26.826.917.925.6499192507 92523 92526 92609$78K
Jan 2020More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line27.127.018.024.2547192507 92523 92526 92609$82K
Feb 2020More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line29.428.919.328.0547192507 92523 92526 92609$82K
May 2021More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line26.126.117.425.7474192507 92523 92526 92609$76K
Jun 2021More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line28.929.419.626.7499192507 92523 92526 92609$83K
Jul 2021More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line26.726.417.624.8515192507 92523 92526 92609$78K
Aug 2021More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line29.229.019.327.2517192507 92523 92526 92609$86K
Sep 2021More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line25.825.617.123.3492192507 92523 92526 92609$74K
Feb 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line24.324.216.222.6471192507 92523 92526 92609$64K
Mar 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line31.531.621.128.4543192507 92523 92526 92609$93K
Apr 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line25.625.717.124.4517192507 92523 92526 92609$74K
May 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line26.926.918.025.3517192507 92523 92526 92609$80K
Jun 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line28.629.019.326.4545192507 92523 92526 92609$84K
Aug 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line29.029.519.726.5597192507 92523 92526 92609$87K
Sep 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line26.226.717.824.2533192507 92523 92526 92609$76K
Oct 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line29.229.919.929.4554192507 92523 92526 92609$88K
Nov 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line26.226.817.924.4582192507 92523 92526 92609$76K
Jan 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line28.028.719.126.9555192507 92523 92526 92609$83K
Feb 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line31.532.121.430.0572192507 92523 92526 92609$84K
Mar 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line33.834.422.930.9598192507 92523 92526 92609$99K
Apr 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line32.432.821.932.8630192507 92523 92526 92609$92K
May 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line37.838.325.534.4661192507 92523 92526 92609$111K
Jun 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line34.334.723.231.6637192507 92523 92526 92609$98K
Jul 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line31.632.021.331.5750192507 92523 92526 92609$92K
Aug 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line39.540.026.735.9681192507 92523 92526 92609$115K
Sep 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line38.939.526.337.6718192507 92523 92526 92609$111K
Oct 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line44.445.030.042.2801192507 92523 92526 92609$131K
Nov 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line46.246.831.242.5830192507 92523 92526 92609$131K
Dec 2023More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line30.831.120.830.7759192507 92523 92526 92609$90K
Jan 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line46.047.331.542.5866192507 92523 92526 92609$133K
Feb 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line53.454.636.450.3905192507 92523 92526 92609$145K
Mar 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line46.747.631.746.8869192507 92523 92526 92609$133K
Apr 2024More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line38.939.526.335.9814192507 92523 92526 92609$107K

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

NameHAL C HUNSAKER, MS CCC-SLP
TypeIndividual
StatusActive
NPI issuedMarch 13, 2007, last updated March 5, 2014
Practice location1111 N MISSION ST STE B, Wenatchee, WA 98801-6705, 509-888-2505
Mailing addressPO BOX 2994, Wenatchee, WA 98807-2994
Specialties
Speech-Language Pathologist, (235Z00000X, primary, license LL00002537 WA)

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$3.8M71%$145$190 (top 5% from $477)35th percentile
92609Therapy service for use of speech-generating device with programming$674K13%$168$181 (top 5% from $466)45th percentile
92526Treatment of swallowing and feeding disorder$573K11%$137$141 (top 5% from $421)48th percentile
92523Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression$308K6%$124$137 (top 5% from $251)40th percentile
92610Evaluation of swallowing function$8K0%$49$61 (top 5% from $209)35th percentile

In this area

61 providers in WA carry an indicator in the public record, with $30.6M at stake between them. The most common is part of a provider network, on 35 of them, followed by more hours than a day holds on 19. 5 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tierproviderat stakewhy
1ZAIN MEDICAL CENTER
Richland, WA, ranked 87
$426K
  • Listed on the Medicare revocation list since November 22, 2019.
  • Medicaid still paid claims in 13 later months, $425,774 in total.
1ALFA DENTAL AND DENTURE CENTER LLC
Everett, WA, ranked 155
$86K
  • Listed on the WA Medicaid exclusion list since October 12, 2023.
  • Medicaid still paid claims in 7 later months, $86,276 in total.
1JEANETTE REVAY
Olympia, WA, ranked 449
$72
  • Listed on the WA Medicaid exclusion list since December 11, 2006.
  • Medicaid still paid claims in 3 later months, $72 in total.
1AMERICAN LABWORKS LLC
Everett, WA, ranked 502
$0
  • Adjudicated (indicted, sentenced) per a Department of Justice release and an HHS-OIG enforcement record dated April 23, 2025.
  • No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
1WILLIAM WASHINGTON
Seattle, WA, ranked 621
$0
  • Adjudicated (sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated November 25, 2024.
  • No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
3MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM
Tacoma, WA, ranked 814
$121K
  • Part of provider network D1-00104, ranked 104 nationally.
  • Medicaid dollars per patient on code Q5001 ($3334 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
3WILDWOOD HEALTHCARE, INC.
Puyallup, WA, ranked 834
$21K
  • Part of provider network D1-00104, ranked 104 nationally.
  • Medicaid dollars per patient on code 94799 ($3440 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
3CONTINUUM CARE OF SNOHOMISH, LLC
Lynnwood, WA, ranked 1300
$162K
  • Part of provider network D1-00113, ranked 113 nationally.
All 61 in WA

Recent enforcement in WA

All releases

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

DOJSentencedMar 27, 2026
Local Physician Sentenced to 1 Year Imprisonment, a $60,000 fine, and Restitution of $349,272.79 for Adulterating and Misbranding Medical Devices with the Intent to Defraud
Haeger purchased over 500 used and recalled CPAP and BiPAP devices, had the sound abatement foam removed outside clean room conditions, provided the devices to Washington State Medicaid patients through his sleep clinic, and billed Medicaid representing them as new devices in good working order.
DOJCivil settlementJan 12, 2026
DOJ and Seattle-based FidaLab, LLC settle allegations it inflated bills to government health care programs
FidaLab billed Medicare for a series of urinary tract infection tests under multiple billing codes instead of a single code after its request to bill the tests as a panel was denied.
DOJPleaded guiltyDec 18, 2025
Local Physician Pleads Guilty to Adulterating and Misbranding Medical Devices with the Intent to Defraud
Physician purchased over 500 used and recalled CPAP and BiPAP devices, had the sound abatement foam removed outside of clean room conditions, provided the devices to Washington State Medicaid patients, and had staff bill Medicaid representing them as new devices in good working order.
DOJCivil settlementDec 10, 2025
Spokane Physician Pays $120,000 to Resolve Allegations He Prescribed Controlled Substances Without Legitimate Medical Purpose
Between 2017 and 2025 a licensed physician issued over 1,400 prescriptions for controlled substances to thirteen identified patients that lacked legitimate medical purposes or were outside the usual course of professional practice, failing to address red flags of substance abuse.
DOJSentencedDec 2, 2025
Indian national sentenced to prison for Medicare fraud scheme that stole more than $1 million in taxpayer funds
Asif conspired with others to bill Medicare for COVID-19 tests and other respiratory illness tests that had not been ordered or performed through American Labworks LLC.

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