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Post-Acute Physicians of Iowa, PLLC

Post-Acute Physicians of Iowa, PLLC was paid $72K by Medicaid between Sep 2019 and Feb 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 99232, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day — 82% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPOST-ACUTE PHYSICIANS OF IOWA, PLLC
DES MOINES, IA 50314
33aNPI1093228108assigned 11/10/2017
28Total paid$72K
24GClaims2,157
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthSep 2019 – Feb 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers in Iowa

Rank by total paid#2 of 9
Median peer was paid$40K
This provider vs. median1.8×

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 VARGAS, JOSE controls 18+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$2.5K$5.0K$7.5K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2019331$6K
2020698$26K
2021668$23K
2022370$14K
2024incomplete90$2K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99232 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity 82% 1,915 356 $59K
99233 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m 11% 172 112 $8K
99223 Prolong inpt eval add15 m 3.2% 34 29 $2K
99222 Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity 1.4% 12 12 $971.71
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes 1.1% 12 12 $814.78
99238 Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less <1% 12 12 $646.75

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 officialVARGAS, JOSE (CEO)
Same official

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