Kern Bone and Joint Specialists a Medical Group INC
Kern Bone and Joint Specialists a Medical Group INC was paid $118K by Medicaid between Jun 2018 and Nov 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 64% of everything it billed.
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93311
Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 42 | $5K | |
| 2019 | 37 | $3K | |
| 2020 | 109 | $10K | |
| 2021 | 231 | $23K | |
| 2022 | 176 | $19K | |
| 2023 | 186 | $20K | |
| 2024incomplete | 366 | $37K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 64% | 784 | 759 | $75K |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | 12% | 66 | 66 | $14K |
| 99243 | 11% | 86 | 86 | $14K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 6.0% | 74 | 74 | $7K |
| 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 | 5.7% | 54 | 52 | $7K |
| 20610 | 1.1% | 16 | 16 | $1K | |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 67 | 65 | $519.45 |
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| App of New Mexico Ed PLLC | Albuquerque, NM | $41.89M |
| Degara App, PLLC | Lansing, MI | $35.82M |
| Progressive Medical Associates PLLC | Mesa, AZ | $30.27M |
| App of Tennessee Ed, PLLC | Maryville, TN | $30.13M |
| App of Indiana Ed, PLLC | Brentwood, TN | $26.14M |
| App of Mississippi Ed, LLC | Jackson, MS | $17.00M |
| App of South Carolina Ed PLLC | Hartsville, SC | $11.00M |
| Kalamazoo Emergency Associates, PLC | Kalamazoo, MI | $9.76M |
| App of Alabama Ed PLLC | Russellville, AL | $9.22M |
| App of Kentucky Ed, PLLC | Princeton, KY | $7.03M |
| Acute Care Specialists | Longview, TX | $5.94M |
| Truepartners Comanche Emergency Specialists PLLC | Lawton, OK | $3.74M |
| Truepartners Manatee Emergency Specialists PLLC | Bradenton, FL | $3.16M |
| App of Florida Ed, LLC | Milton, FL | $2.96M |
| App of Tennessee HM, PLLC | Shelbyville, TN | $2.84M |
| Emergency Specialists of Wellington LLC | Wellington, FL | $2.61M |
| App of East Tennessee Ed PLLC | Powell, TN | $2.26M |
| San Jacinto Emergency Physicians PLLC | Baytown, TX | $2.17M |
| Woodland's Emergency Physicians, PLLC | Shenandoah, TX | $2.11M |
| Town Square Emergency Associates PLLC | Amarillo, TX | $1.97M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.