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Cherokee Medical Center

Cherokee Medical Center was paid $12K by Medicaid between Feb 2021 and May 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is T1015, a visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate) — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER
GAFFNEY, SC 29340
33aNPI1083255103assigned 09/30/2019
28Total paid$12K
24GClaims317
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2021 – May 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in South Carolina

Rank by total paid#151 of 273
Median peer was paid$19K
This provider vs. median0.7×

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

Paid by month

$0$2.0K$4.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2021108$4K
2022104$3K
202341$1K
2024incomplete64$5K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
T1015 A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive 100% 317 285 $12K

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 officialMEINKE, KENNETH (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
Parent organizationSPARTANBURG REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT, INC.
Same official

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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.