Physician
Gharoon Panahi MD INC
Gharoon Panahi MD INC was paid $14K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2023, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 74% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGHAROON PANAHI MD INC
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 92708
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 92708
33aNPI1174774905assigned 10/10/2008
33bProvider typeRheumatology Physician
28Total paid$14K
24GClaims4,078
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Rheumatology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#97 of 147
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median0.3×
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 | 1,151 | $3K | |
| 2019 | 410 | $3K | |
| 2020 | 942 | $3K | |
| 2021 | 909 | $2K | |
| 2022 | 421 | $1K | |
| 2023 | 245 | $1K |
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 | 74% | 2,950 | 2,493 | $10K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 10% | 476 | 436 | $1K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 10% | 140 | 135 | $1K |
| 20610 | 3.5% | 258 | 151 | $479.81 | |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | 1.4% | 13 | 13 | $185.86 |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 84 | 53 | $37.35 |
| G0008 | Administration of influenza virus vaccine | <1% | 16 | 16 | $11.84 |
| 90674 | <1% | 16 | 16 | $6.76 | |
| J7050 | Infusion, normal saline solution, 250 cc | <1% | 28 | 13 | $1.90 |
| 82962 | <1% | 97 | 97 | $1.39 |
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 officialPANAHI, GHAROON (M.D.)