Lao, Joseph
Lao, Joseph was paid $141K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is V2020, Frames, purchases — 32% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLAO, JOSEPH
HENDERSON, NV 89014
HENDERSON, NV 89014
33aNPI1083044333assigned 11/23/2013
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$141K
24GClaims3,893
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Nevada
Rank by total paid#98 of 373
Median peer was paid$39K
This provider vs. median3.6×
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
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 | 481 | $18K | |
| 2019 | 451 | $17K | |
| 2020 | 665 | $25K | |
| 2021 | 1,163 | $41K | |
| 2022 | 596 | $21K | |
| 2023 | 236 | $9K | |
| 2024incomplete | 301 | $11K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 32% | 1,238 | 1,196 | $45K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 28% | 782 | 758 | $40K |
| V2100 | Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens | 23% | 1,063 | 1,020 | $33K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 12% | 394 | 392 | $17K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 4.6% | 386 | 364 | $7K |
| V2784 | Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens | <1% | 30 | 29 | $231.50 |
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.