Physician
Vernon B Chavez MD PLLC
Vernon B Chavez MD PLLC was paid $40K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 74% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVERNON B CHAVEZ MD PLLC
YUMA, AZ 85364
YUMA, AZ 85364
33aNPI1154589679assigned 05/30/2008
33bProvider typeInternal Medicine Physician
28Total paid$40K
24GClaims2,924
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in Arizona
Rank by total paid#230 of 395
Median peer was paid$68K
This provider vs. median0.6×
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 | 495 | $6K | |
| 2019 | 1,837 | $15K | |
| 2021 | 15 | $14.92 | |
| 2022 | 224 | $8K | |
| 2023 | 126 | $5K | |
| 2024incomplete | 227 | $5K |
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 | 74% | 639 | 470 | $30K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 26% | 395 | 75 | $10K |
| G9903 | Patient screened for tobacco use and identified as a tobacco non-user | 0% | 260 | 182 | $0.00 |
| G8420 | Bmi is documented within normal parameters and no follow-up plan is required | 0% | 104 | 75 | $0.00 |
| G8754 | Most recent diastolic blood pressure < 90 mmhg | 0% | 75 | 52 | $0.00 |
| 2000F | 0% | 20 | 17 | $0.00 | |
| G8510 | Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | 0% | 200 | 156 | $0.00 |
| G8731 | Pain assessment using a standardized tool is documented as negative, no follow-up plan required | 0% | 133 | 99 | $0.00 |
| G8417 | Bmi is documented above normal parameters and a follow-up plan is documented | 0% | 253 | 180 | $0.00 |
| G8730 | Pain assessment documented as positive using a standardized tool and a follow-up plan is documented | 0% | 205 | 152 | $0.00 |
| G8427 | Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications | 0% | 500 | 360 | $0.00 |
| G8783 | Normal blood pressure reading documented, follow-up not required | 0% | 106 | 88 | $0.00 |
1 more codes
| G8752 | Most recent systolic blood pressure < 140 mmhg | 0% | 34 | $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 officialCHAVEZ, VERNON (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Altea Medical Clinic PLLC | Yuma, AZ | $187K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.