Dental
Appalachian Life Quality Initistive
Appalachian Life Quality Initistive was paid $1.80M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoAPPALACHIAN LIFE QUALITY INITISTIVE
HUNTSVILLE, TN 37756
HUNTSVILLE, TN 37756
33aNPI1114921178assigned 06/08/2005
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.80M
24GClaims66,524
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#25 of 336
Median peer was paid$123K
This provider vs. median15×
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 | 9,992 | $269K | |
| 2019 | 12,031 | $320K | |
| 2020 | 8,336 | $225K | |
| 2021 | 8,314 | $219K | |
| 2022 | 8,051 | $219K | |
| 2023 | 11,149 | $304K | |
| 2024incomplete | 8,651 | $243K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 17% | 12,973 | 12,716 | $310K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 16% | 8,577 | 8,383 | $283K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 14% | 6,118 | 6,014 | $259K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 13% | 11,244 | 11,003 | $233K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 9.1% | 6,121 | 5,997 | $163K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 5.7% | 2,360 | 2,312 | $103K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.4% | 4,985 | 4,889 | $96K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.0% | 1,965 | 1,918 | $55K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.7% | 2,830 | 2,756 | $49K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 2.5% | 1,948 | 1,907 | $46K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.4% | 740 | 585 | $43K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.0% | 1,387 | 426 | $37K |
9 more codes
| D2140 | 1.9% | 589 | $35K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.3% | 1,920 | $23K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 715 | $17K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 219 | $16K |
| D2332 | <1% | 145 | $11K | |
| D1354 | <1% | 1,348 | $9K | |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 266 | $8K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 56 | $4K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 18 | $1K |
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 officialDANIELS, ALLEN (DENTIST)