Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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First Impressions Optometric Associates, LLC

First Impressions Optometric Associates, LLC was paid $90K by Medicaid between Feb 2022 and Dec 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 37% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFIRST IMPRESSIONS OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATES, LLC
MERRILLVILLE, IN 46410
33aNPI1003576679assigned 12/23/2021
33bProvider typeEyewear Supplier
28Total paid$90K
24GClaims6,444
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2022 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Eyewear Supplier providers in Indiana

Rank by total paid#44 of 67
Median peer was paid$149K
This provider vs. median0.6×

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 BOWLING, AJA controls 15+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$2.5K$5.0K$7.5K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20222,289$28K
20231,832$20K
2024incomplete2,323$42K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
92014 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient 37% 1,566 1,101 $33K
V2100 Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens 23% 1,609 1,119 $20K
V2020 Frames, purchases 23% 2,367 1,666 $20K
92004 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient 18% 780 515 $16K
V2781 Progressive lens, per lens <1% 122 76 $96.00

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 officialBOWLING, AJA (OWNER)
Same official

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