Physician
Alam, Shah
Alam, Shah was paid $1.04M by Medicaid between Jan 2019 and Oct 2024, across 27 billing codes. Its largest line is U0004, 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r — 46% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoALAM, SHAH
ELMHURST, IL 60126
ELMHURST, IL 60126
33aNPI1164450672assigned 06/30/2006
33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician
28Total paid$1.04M
24GClaims18,618
24DCodes billed27
24AFirst – last monthJan 2019 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#92 of 2,947
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median24×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 41 | $2K | |
| 2020 | 6,911 | $436K | |
| 2021 | 5,983 | $358K | |
| 2022 | 5,385 | $223K | |
| 2023 | 199 | $11K | |
| 2024incomplete | 99 | $8K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U0004 | 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r | 46% | 5,459 | 3,462 | $476K |
| G2023 | Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | 9.0% | 2,220 | 1,718 | $93K |
| 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 | 7.5% | 1,064 | 681 | $78K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 6.9% | 1,601 | 1,038 | $71K |
| 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 | 5.6% | 803 | 498 | $58K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 4.5% | 1,025 | 651 | $47K |
| 99385 | 4.2% | 480 | 320 | $43K | |
| U0005 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2 | 3.7% | 1,562 | 1,211 | $39K |
| 99384 | 2.2% | 252 | 161 | $23K | |
| 99386 | 2.1% | 232 | 156 | $22K | |
| U0002 | 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc | 1.7% | 338 | 263 | $17K |
| U0003 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r | 1.5% | 199 | 131 | $15K |
15 more codes
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 1.4% | 415 | $15K |
| 99383 | 1.3% | 173 | $14K | |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 1.3% | 196 | $14K |
| A4927 | Gloves, non-sterile, per 100 | <1% | 681 | $4K |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 61 | $4K |
| 99382 | <1% | 32 | $3K | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 50 | $2K |
| 99072 | <1% | 264 | $775.00 | |
| 92611 | <1% | 13 | $714.35 | |
| A9270 | Non-covered item or service | 0% | 296 | $0.00 |
| S5175 | Laundry service, external, professional; per order | 0% | 294 | $0.00 |
| E0700 | Safety equipment, device or accessory, any type | 0% | 297 | $0.00 |
| A4245 | Alcohol wipes, per box | 0% | 297 | $0.00 |
| A4928 | Surgical mask, per 20 | 0% | 297 | $0.00 |
| A4618 | Breathing circuits | 0% | 17 | $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.