Physician
Natchitoches Medical Specialists
Natchitoches Medical Specialists was paid $495K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 32 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 62% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNATCHITOCHES MEDICAL SPECIALISTS
NATCHITOCHES, LA 71457
NATCHITOCHES, LA 71457
33aNPI1124257530assigned 07/07/2009
33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician
28Total paid$495K
24GClaims26,253
24DCodes billed32
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#95 of 417
Median peer was paid$63K
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 | 5,657 | $89K | |
| 2019 | 6,235 | $96K | |
| 2020 | 4,194 | $82K | |
| 2021 | 4,150 | $78K | |
| 2022 | 3,040 | $64K | |
| 2023 | 2,104 | $53K | |
| 2024incomplete | 873 | $33K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 62% | 10,601 | 8,508 | $305K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 24% | 5,549 | 4,332 | $118K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 6.0% | 2,853 | 884 | $30K |
| 99309 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity | 2.7% | 2,125 | 1,488 | $13K |
| 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 | <1% | 62 | 50 | $4K |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward | <1% | 664 | 432 | $3K |
| 90756 | <1% | 256 | 240 | $3K | |
| 11042 | Debridement, subcutaneous tissue (includes epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue); first 20 sq cm | <1% | 159 | 97 | $3K |
| 97597 | <1% | 177 | 107 | $3K | |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | <1% | 96 | 66 | $2K |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 146 | 129 | $2K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | <1% | 240 | 220 | $1K |
20 more codes
| 90688 | <1% | 125 | $1K | |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 332 | $1K |
| 80305 | <1% | 177 | $1K | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 193 | $998.04 |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 1,146 | $938.19 |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 28 | $753.93 |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 48 | $525.21 |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | <1% | 94 | $510.84 |
| 99307 | <1% | 140 | $484.13 | |
| 90686 | <1% | 85 | $367.61 | |
| 20610 | <1% | 93 | $325.11 | |
| 0011A | <1% | 15 | $296.64 | |
| 0013A | <1% | 16 | $240.40 | |
| 85027 | <1% | 89 | $128.82 | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 27 | $114.20 |
| J1030 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | <1% | 131 | $15.84 |
| 99024 | 0% | 222 | $0.00 | |
| 91301 | 0% | 123 | $0.00 | |
| G0008 | Administration of influenza virus vaccine | 0% | 155 | $0.00 |
| G0439 | Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit | 0% | 86 | $0.00 |
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
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