Physician
Curana Health of Alabama LLC
Curana Health of Alabama LLC was paid $185K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 28 billing codes. Its largest line is 99309, Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity — 55% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCURANA HEALTH OF ALABAMA LLC
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35243
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35243
33aNPI1144450347assigned 07/22/2009
33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician
28Total paid$185K
24GClaims52,916
24DCodes billed28
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#147 of 455
Median peer was paid$57K
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
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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 | 4,454 | $1K | |
| 2019 | 4,613 | $22K | |
| 2020 | 4,766 | $24K | |
| 2021 | 5,969 | $20K | |
| 2022 | 8,674 | $37K | |
| 2023 | 14,536 | $41K | |
| 2024incomplete | 9,904 | $41K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99309 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity | 55% | 22,506 | 14,307 | $101K |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward | 40% | 19,138 | 12,438 | $74K |
| 99307 | 3.8% | 2,200 | 1,758 | $7K | |
| 99310 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | <1% | 529 | 401 | $1K |
| 99497 | <1% | 358 | 333 | $645.69 | |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | <1% | 111 | 110 | $393.38 |
| 99491 | Ccm add 20min | <1% | 950 | 920 | $391.01 |
| 99305 | <1% | 43 | 43 | $111.20 | |
| 99490 | Ccm add 20min | <1% | 29 | 29 | $3.00 |
| G8510 | Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | 0% | 56 | 54 | $0.00 |
| 3074F | 0% | 19 | 14 | $0.00 | |
| 1126F | 0% | 2,053 | 1,426 | $0.00 |
16 more codes
| G9717 | Documentation stating the patient has had a diagnosis of bipolar disorder | 0% | 518 | $0.00 |
| G8754 | Most recent diastolic blood pressure < 90 mmhg | 0% | 1,324 | $0.00 |
| 1123F | 0% | 283 | $0.00 | |
| 1170F | 0% | 143 | $0.00 | |
| 3044F | 0% | 37 | $0.00 | |
| 99318 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 3008F | 0% | 40 | $0.00 | |
| 99304 | 0% | 31 | $0.00 | |
| 99356 | 0% | 13 | $0.00 | |
| 3078F | 0% | 39 | $0.00 | |
| 1124F | 0% | 73 | $0.00 | |
| 1160F | 0% | 574 | $0.00 | |
| G8752 | Most recent systolic blood pressure < 140 mmhg | 0% | 1,105 | $0.00 |
| 1159F | 0% | 574 | $0.00 | |
| G8753 | Most recent systolic blood pressure >= 140 mmhg | 0% | 130 | $0.00 |
| G0175 | Scheduled interdisciplinary team conference (minimum of three exclusive of patient care nursing staff) with patient present | 0% | 28 | $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
Authorized officialHOWARD, NICOLE (SR VP OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Curana Health of South Carolina PC | North Charleston, SC | $6.39M |
| Curana Health of Louisiana LLC | Baton Rouge, LA | $4.87M |
| Curana Health of Massachusetts LLC | Springfield, MA | $2.59M |
| Physicians Eldercare PA | Durham, NC | $2.57M |
| Curana Health of Missouri-Kansas LLC | Lees Summit, MO | $1.45M |
| Curana Health of Mississippi LLC | Flowood, MS | $1.35M |
| Kentwood Family Clinic LLC | Kentwood, LA | $1.19M |
| Curana Health Medical Group LLC | Austin, TX | $778K |
| Curana Health of New Mexico LLC | Espanola, NM | $771K |
| Curana Health of North Carolina PLLC | Durham, NC | $740K |
| Curana Health of Nevada PLLC | Reno, NV | $696K |
| Curana Health of Arkansas LLC | Bentonville, AR | $522K |
| Curana Health of Iowa PLLC | Osceola, IA | $425K |
| Curana Health of Tennessee LLC | Memphis, TN | $318K |
| Curana Health of Indiana LLC | Corydon, IN | $176K |
| CH Specialty Services NV Requeijo PC | Carson City, NV | $125K |
| CH Specialty Services TX PLLC | Austin, TX | $101K |
| CH Specialty Services Mo LLC | Lees Summit, MO | $93K |
| Curana Health of West Virginia LLC | Martinsburg, WV | $88K |
| CH Specialty Services Ma PC | Springfield, MA | $79K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.