Physician
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center was paid $596K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 72% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
STORM LAKE, IA 50588
STORM LAKE, IA 50588
33aNPI1164593109assigned 11/13/2006
33bProvider typeEmergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician
28Total paid$596K
24GClaims13,238
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#1 of 9
Median peer was paid$150K
This provider vs. median4.0×
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 | 1,708 | $78K | |
| 2019 | 2,051 | $85K | |
| 2020 | 1,340 | $45K | |
| 2021 | 2,015 | $96K | |
| 2022 | 2,097 | $100K | |
| 2023 | 2,235 | $107K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,792 | $84K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 72% | 7,911 | 7,576 | $426K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 22% | 4,818 | 4,630 | $129K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 6.6% | 497 | 470 | $39K |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | <1% | 12 | 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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialKETCHAM, KRISTA (CFO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista Regional Medical Center | Storm Lake, IA | $4.05M |
| Buena Vista Regional Medical Center | Storm Lake, IA | $35K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.