Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Meridian Surgery Center, LLC

Meridian Surgery Center, LLC was paid $338K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 66984, Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMERIDIAN SURGERY CENTER, LLC
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
33aNPI1184600736assigned 12/15/2005
28Total paid$338K
24GClaims3,598
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center providers in Mississippi

Rank by total paid#16 of 45
Median peer was paid$217K
This provider vs. median1.6×

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.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official KENNEDY, DON controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2018965$33K
20191,091$75K
2020371$39K
2021308$55K
2022244$29K
2023438$65K
2024incomplete181$42K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
66984 Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis 100% 1,841 947 $338K
J1097 Phenylephrine 10.16 mg/ml and ketorolac 2.88 mg/ml ophthalmic irrigation solution, 1 ml <1% 193 66 $87.76
C9447 Injection, phenylephrine and ketorolac, 4 ml vial 0% 212 119 $0.00
G8918 Patient without preoperative order for iv antibiotic surgical site infection (ssi) prophylaxis 0% 567 443 $0.00
G8907 Patient documented not to have experienced any of the following events: a burn prior to discharge; a fall within the facility; wrong site/side/patient/procedure/implant event; or a hospital transfer or hospital admission upon discharge from the facility 0% 785 638 $0.00

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 officialKENNEDY, DON (CEO)
Same official

Other billing entities under KENNEDY, DON

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ProviderLocationPaid
Rush Medical FoundationMeridian, MS$29.41M
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Laird Hospital, INCMeridian, MS$5.27M
Rush Medical FoundationQuitman, MS$4.69M
Kemper, Cah, INCLivingston, AL$4.50M
Medical Foundation, INC.Meridian, MS$4.20M
Kemper Cah, INC.De Kalb, MS$4.06M
Scott Regional Medical Center, INC.Morton, MS$3.77M
Kemper Cah, INCMeridian, MS$3.39M
Rush Hospital/Butler, INCButler, AL$1.94M
Medical Foundation, INC.Meridian, MS$1.82M
The Medical Store, INC.Meridian, MS$1.66M
Rush Medical FoundationMeridian, MS$1.61M
Medical Foundation, INC.Meridian, MS$1.37M
Laird Hospital, INC.Union, MS$1.31M
Medical Foundation, INC.Meridian, MS$1.27M
Scott Regional Medical Center, INC.Morton, MS$1.21M
Rush Medical FoundationQuitman, MS$978K
Kemper Cah, INCMeridian, MS$910K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.