Kuo, Francis
Kuo, Francis was paid $61K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is V2020, Frames, purchases — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKUO, FRANCIS
SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060
SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060
33aNPI1124019971assigned 11/01/2005
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$61K
24GClaims3,331
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in California
Rank by total paid#659 of 1,899
Median peer was paid$23K
This provider vs. median2.7×
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 | 230 | $3K | |
| 2019 | 151 | $1K | |
| 2020 | 708 | $13K | |
| 2021 | 743 | $13K | |
| 2022 | 538 | $10K | |
| 2023 | 492 | $11K | |
| 2024incomplete | 469 | $9K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 36% | 1,120 | 1,120 | $22K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 22% | 695 | 695 | $13K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 19% | 1,037 | 1,037 | $12K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 13% | 290 | 290 | $8K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 6.2% | 106 | 106 | $4K |
| 92341 | 3.9% | 83 | 83 | $2K |
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.