Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Bittern Emergency Physicians, LLC

Bittern Emergency Physicians, LLC was paid $449K by Medicaid between Dec 2021 and Aug 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99284, emergency room visit (serious) — 58% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBITTERN EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, LLC
PERRY, FL 32347
33aNPI1003487380assigned 07/07/2021
28Total paid$449K
24GClaims7,911
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthDec 2021 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Florida

Rank by total paid#105 of 391
Median peer was paid$61K
This provider vs. median7.4×

Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official VAUGHN, KAREN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$10K$20K$30K2018201920202021202220232024
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
YearClaimsPaid
202117$342.63
20222,412$150K
20234,022$222K
2024incomplete1,460$77K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 58% 4,778 3,407 $259K
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 23% 1,871 1,775 $102K
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 19% 1,262 1,016 $87K

Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialVAUGHN, KAREN (OFFICER)
Same official

Other billing entities under VAUGHN, KAREN

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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.