Physician
OIG excluded
Bendelstein, Harold
Bendelstein, Harold was paid $35K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2018, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 99203, doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBENDELSTEIN, HAROLD
FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691
FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691
33aNPI1154487676assigned 12/29/2006
33bProvider typeOtolaryngology Physician
28Total paid$35K
24GClaims603
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2018
Compared with peers
Next to other Otolaryngology Physician providers in New York
Rank by total paid#109 of 302
Median peer was paid$10K
This provider vs. median3.4×
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.
OIG exclusionListed on the federal exclusion list (03/20/2024).
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 | 603 | $35K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 37% | 156 | 155 | $13K |
| 30801 | 33% | 133 | 132 | $12K | |
| 31231 | 10% | 47 | 47 | $4K | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 8.0% | 131 | 130 | $3K |
| 69020 | 7.0% | 24 | 24 | $2K | |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | 1.8% | 70 | 69 | $622.40 |
| 92587 | 1.4% | 14 | 14 | $471.62 | |
| 92553 | <1% | 14 | 14 | $260.46 | |
| 92567 | <1% | 14 | 14 | $177.23 |
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.