Karam, Joseph

Karam, Joseph was paid $163K by Medicaid between Nov 2019 and Nov 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 41% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoKARAM, JOSEPH
CHICAGO, IL 60612

33aNPI1174866917assigned 03/30/2013

33bProvider typeAdult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician

28Total paid$163K

24GClaims3,380

24DCodes billed5

24AFirst – last monthNov 2019 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#1 of 31

Median peer was paid$9K

This provider vs. median17×

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
2019	48	$6K
2020	338	$43K
2021	446	$14K
2022	744	$29K
2023	857	$31K
2024incomplete	947	$41K

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	41%	852	751	$66K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	25%	1,208	1,109	$41K
20610		23%	1,043	840	$37K
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	11%	265	237	$18K
99204	Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity	<1%	12	12	$894.36

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.