Physician
Joint and Muscle Medical Care , PC
Joint and Muscle Medical Care , PC was paid $695K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 86% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJOINT AND MUSCLE MEDICAL CARE , PC
CHARLOTTE, NC 28204
CHARLOTTE, NC 28204
33aNPI1174703946assigned 11/09/2007
33bProvider typeRheumatology Physician
28Total paid$695K
24GClaims22,121
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Rheumatology Physician providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#1 of 27
Median peer was paid$19K
This provider vs. median36×
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 | 4,032 | $83K | |
| 2019 | 2,535 | $88K | |
| 2020 | 2,034 | $81K | |
| 2021 | 3,101 | $110K | |
| 2022 | 3,963 | $137K | |
| 2023 | 3,766 | $114K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,690 | $83K |
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 | 86% | 13,449 | 8,517 | $600K |
| 96401 | 4.7% | 1,611 | 427 | $33K | |
| 96413 | Chemotherapy administration, intravenous infusion; up to 1 hour, single or initial substance | 3.4% | 505 | 298 | $23K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 2.5% | 665 | 412 | $18K |
| 20610 | <1% | 423 | 178 | $6K | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 3,364 | 2,651 | $5K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 53 | 37 | $3K |
| 20553 | <1% | 130 | 81 | $2K | |
| J7321 | Hyaluronan or derivative, hyalgan, supartz or visco-3, for intra-articular injection, per dose | <1% | 57 | 13 | $1K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 156 | 101 | $1K |
| J9260 | Injection, methotrexate sodium, 50 mg | <1% | 1,429 | 369 | $1K |
| 72100 | <1% | 22 | 12 | $253.94 |
4 more codes
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 officialNAMI, ALIREZA (MEDICAL DIRECTOR)