Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Alam, Syed

Alam, Syed was paid $138K by Medicaid between Sep 2018 and Jan 2022, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is 99215, doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) — 46% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoALAM, SYED
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93308
33aNPI1073541512assigned 06/30/2006
28Total paid$138K
24GClaims4,982
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthSep 2018 – Jan 2022
Compared with peers

Next to other Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#75 of 225
Median peer was paid$53K
This provider vs. median2.6×

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.

Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2018299$7K
20191,912$36K
20202,116$55K
2021637$39K
202218$698.95
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99215 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis 46% 1,286 1,240 $64K
99291 Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes 39% 650 195 $53K
99233 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m 5.2% 155 73 $7K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 3.2% 161 158 $4K
99223 Prolong inpt eval add15 m 2.3% 45 43 $3K
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes 2.1% 48 44 $3K
94729 <1% 39 39 $650.57
94726 <1% 27 27 $650.44
94060 <1% 39 39 $623.84
99205 Prolong outpt/office vis <1% 13 13 $527.12
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 <1% 12 12 $357.20
71046 Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views <1% 17 17 $232.38
5 more codes
G8427 Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications <1% 1,386 $184.65
94760 <1% 1,045 $65.05
96372 Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular <1% 15 $33.08
99072 0% 30 $0.00
A4215 Needle, sterile, any size, each 0% 14 $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.