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Watauga Medical Center, INC.

Watauga Medical Center, INC. was paid $19K by Medicaid between Oct 2019 and Sep 2023, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 98% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
BOONE, NC 28607
33aNPI1033548052assigned 11/12/2013
33bProvider typePain Clinic/Center
28Total paid$19K
24GClaims939
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthOct 2019 – Sep 2023
Compared with peers

Next to other Pain Clinic/Center providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#8 of 9
Median peer was paid$251K
This provider vs. median0.1×

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 LONG, MARY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$500$1.0K$1.5K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201931$424.81
202072$1K
2021303$7K
2022333$8K
2023200$3K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99214 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity 98% 908 636 $19K
99203 Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity 1.3% 15 12 $259.44
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% 16 14 $165.37

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 officialLONG, MARY (SR VP MEDICAL STAFF RELATIONS)
Parent organizationAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Same official

Other billing entities under LONG, MARY

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