Clinic
Southwest Health System, INC.
Southwest Health System, INC. was paid $5.50M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 74% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSOUTHWEST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
CORTEZ, CO 81321
CORTEZ, CO 81321
33aNPI1083917868assigned 12/16/2010
33bProvider typeRural Health Clinic/Center
28Total paid$5.50M
24GClaims26,578
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Rural Health Clinic/Center providers in Colorado
Rank by total paid#6 of 45
Median peer was paid$716K
This provider vs. median7.7×
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.
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 | 3,895 | $848K | |
| 2019 | 3,630 | $457K | |
| 2020 | 2,616 | $427K | |
| 2021 | 4,144 | $781K | |
| 2022 | 5,498 | $1.21M | |
| 2023 | 4,123 | $1.01M | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,672 | $769K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 74% | 19,896 | 18,577 | $4.06M |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 22% | 5,570 | 5,321 | $1.23M |
| 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 | 2.8% | 819 | 774 | $153K |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | <1% | 191 | 177 | $39K |
| 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% | 102 | 98 | $23K |
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 officialTHEINE, JOSEPH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $9.45M |
| Southwest Health System INC | Cortez, CO | $9.17M |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $1.11M |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Mancos, CO | $975K |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $915K |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $789K |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $723K |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $361K |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $33K |
| Southwest Health System, INC. | Cortez, CO | $0.00 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.