Physician
Palo Alto County Hospital
Palo Alto County Hospital was paid $66K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 76% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL
EMMETSBURG, IA 50536
EMMETSBURG, IA 50536
33aNPI1184634602assigned 08/08/2006
33bProvider typeEmergency Medicine Physician
28Total paid$66K
24GClaims1,234
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#47 of 77
Median peer was paid$99K
This provider vs. median0.7×
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 | 230 | $12K | |
| 2019 | 168 | $9K | |
| 2020 | 75 | $4K | |
| 2021 | 302 | $16K | |
| 2022 | 194 | $10K | |
| 2023 | 157 | $9K | |
| 2024incomplete | 108 | $6K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 76% | 1,003 | 938 | $51K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 24% | 231 | 218 | $16K |
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 officialEINSWEILER, DESIREE (ADMINISTRATOR/CEO)
Parent organizationPALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto County Hospital | Emmetsburg, IA | $4.73M |
| Palo Alto County Hospital | Graettinger, IA | $756K |
| Palo Alto County Hospital | Emmetsburg, IA | $675K |
| Palo Alto County Hospital | West Bend, IA | $615K |
| Palo Alto County Hospital | Emmetsburg, IA | $6K |
| Palo Alto County Hospital | Emmetsburg, IA | $3K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.