Palaniswami, Purani

Palaniswami, Purani was paid $144K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 97% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPALANISWAMI, PURANI
ELMHURST, IL 60126

33aNPI1164568507assigned 01/30/2007

33bProvider typeRheumatology Physician

28Total paid$144K

24GClaims2,313

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Rheumatology Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#14 of 140

Median peer was paid$20K

This provider vs. median7.2×

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.

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	287	$16K
2019	285	$16K
2020	345	$21K
2021	359	$22K
2022	313	$19K
2023	335	$22K
2024incomplete	389	$29K

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	97%	2,273	2,017	$140K
99244	Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity	2.1%	26	24	$3K
99215	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis	<1%	14	12	$1K

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.