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Clarkson Optometry Midwest INC

Clarkson Optometry Midwest INC was paid $394K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 44% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCLARKSON OPTOMETRY MIDWEST INC
BENTON, KY 42025
33aNPI1114475449assigned 09/15/2016
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$394K
24GClaims15,761
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Optometrist providers in Kentucky

Rank by total paid#136 of 683
Median peer was paid$123K
This provider vs. median3.2×

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

Paid by month

$0$20K$40K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20181,122$26K
20191,022$24K
2020699$18K
20215,600$121K
20222,396$74K
20232,930$83K
2024incomplete1,992$47K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
92014 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient 44% 3,370 3,021 $172K
92015 Determination of refractive state 27% 8,145 6,963 $106K
92004 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient 22% 1,336 1,095 $85K
V2020 Frames, purchases 2.7% 568 497 $10K
92340 Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal 1.7% 974 859 $7K
V2103 Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens 1.1% 394 284 $5K
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 <1% 118 79 $3K
92250 <1% 221 188 $2K
99309 Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity <1% 152 140 $1K
V2784 Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens <1% 152 137 $1K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity <1% 26 24 $736.65
92226 <1% 85 41 $270.18
3 more codes
V2100 Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens <1% 17 $224.00
V2755 U-v lens, per lens <1% 191 $20.00
92202 <1% 12 $0.47

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 officialWACHTER, JAMES (CPO)
Same official

Other billing entities under WACHTER, JAMES

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ProviderLocationPaid
Clarkson Optometry Midwest INCLebanon, KY$2.12M
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Eyecare Associates, INC.Arab, AL$242K
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Eyecare Associates, INC.Birmingham, AL$114K
Eyecare Associates, INC.Decatur, AL$99K
Eyecare Associates, INC.Birmingham, AL$96K
Eyecare Associates, INC.Clanton, AL$94K
Clarkson Optometry Midwest INCMansfield, OH$77K
Eyecare Associates, INC.Northport, AL$74K
Eyecare Associates, INC.Southside, AL$68K
Clarkson Optometry Midwest INC.Louisville, KY$31K
Eyecare Associates, INC.Mobile, AL$23K
Bennett Optometry LLCAnn Arbor, MI$16K
Clarkson Optometry Midwest INC.Elizabethtown, KY$13K
Clarkson Optometry Midwest INCClarksville, IN$10K
Clarkson Optometry Midwest INC.Louisville, KY$3K

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