Kook, Howard
Kook, Howard was paid $97K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 98941, Chiropractic manipulative treatment; spinal, 3-4 regions — 80% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKOOK, HOWARD
MAPLEWOOD, NJ 07040
MAPLEWOOD, NJ 07040
33aNPI1104870559assigned 05/20/2006
33bProvider typeChiropractor
28Total paid$97K
24GClaims17,123
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Chiropractor providers in New Jersey
Rank by total paid#29 of 167
Median peer was paid$12K
This provider vs. median7.9×
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 | 2,418 | $11K | |
| 2019 | 2,456 | $10K | |
| 2020 | 2,188 | $11K | |
| 2021 | 2,213 | $17K | |
| 2022 | 2,401 | $12K | |
| 2023 | 3,823 | $23K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,624 | $13K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98941 | Chiropractic manipulative treatment; spinal, 3-4 regions | 80% | 9,193 | 3,898 | $77K |
| 97124 | 5.9% | 4,366 | 1,889 | $6K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 4.9% | 83 | 83 | $5K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 4.7% | 91 | 78 | $5K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 4.1% | 286 | 192 | $4K |
| 97012 | <1% | 3,104 | 1,343 | $655.80 |
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.