Thomas Handel, O.D.
Thomas Handel, O.D. was paid $593K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 20% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHOMAS HANDEL, O.D.
AKRON, OH 44312
AKRON, OH 44312
33aNPI1033289616assigned 11/09/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$593K
24GClaims27,908
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Ohio
Rank by total paid#53 of 1,098
Median peer was paid$41K
This provider vs. median14×
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.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
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
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8,804 | $188K | |
| 2019 | 8,561 | $190K | |
| 2020 | 6,901 | $145K | |
| 2021 | 2,082 | $44K | |
| 2022 | 297 | $7K | |
| 2023 | 973 | $16K | |
| 2024incomplete | 290 | $3K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 20% | 3,961 | 3,859 | $116K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 17% | 5,360 | 5,227 | $103K |
| V2103 | Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens | 16% | 2,835 | 2,764 | $95K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 13% | 2,604 | 2,511 | $79K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 10% | 5,264 | 5,146 | $62K |
| V2784 | Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens | 10% | 5,094 | 4,973 | $60K |
| V2100 | Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens | 3.7% | 835 | 813 | $22K |
| V2203 | Spherocylinder, bifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens | 3.0% | 378 | 368 | $18K |
| 92250 | 2.2% | 522 | 499 | $13K | |
| 92310 | 1.3% | 167 | 158 | $8K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 127 | 112 | $4K |
| V2104 | Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, 2.12 to 4.00d cylinder, per lens | <1% | 151 | 145 | $4K |
5 more codes
| V2107 | Spherocylinder, single vision, plus or minus 4.25 to plus or minus 7.00 sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens | <1% | 128 | $4K |
| 92341 | <1% | 237 | $3K | |
| S0580 | Polycarbonate lens (list this code in addition to the basic code for the lens) | <1% | 113 | $1K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | <1% | 13 | $174.16 |
| V2025 | Deluxe frame | 0% | 119 | $0.00 |
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 officialHANDEL, THOMAS (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas H. Handel Od, INC. | Fairlawn, OH | $530K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.