Nickell, Joel
Nickell, Joel was paid $104K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2021, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 92340, Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal — 60% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNICKELL, JOEL
WEST LIBERTY, KY 41472
WEST LIBERTY, KY 41472
33aNPI1043352792assigned 02/12/2007
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$104K
24GClaims1,555
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Kentucky
Rank by total paid#370 of 683
Median peer was paid$123K
This provider vs. median0.9×
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 | 483 | $34K | |
| 2019 | 525 | $35K | |
| 2020 | 311 | $20K | |
| 2021 | 236 | $15K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 60% | 982 | 941 | $63K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 22% | 354 | 337 | $23K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 18% | 219 | 210 | $19K |
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.