Dental
Palmer, James
Palmer, James was paid $1.65M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 31% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPALMER, JAMES
HOMER, LA 71040
HOMER, LA 71040
33aNPI1184761470assigned 01/30/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.65M
24GClaims34,214
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#34 of 412
Median peer was paid$83K
This provider vs. median20×
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 | 5,934 | $266K | |
| 2019 | 5,397 | $257K | |
| 2020 | 5,178 | $277K | |
| 2021 | 5,946 | $292K | |
| 2022 | 4,961 | $235K | |
| 2023 | 3,854 | $167K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,944 | $156K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 31% | 5,499 | 2,343 | $509K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 15% | 2,440 | 1,338 | $254K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 11% | 2,654 | 1,149 | $179K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 10% | 5,957 | 5,876 | $168K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 9.9% | 3,271 | 3,228 | $163K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 8.0% | 3,703 | 3,643 | $132K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.6% | 5,341 | 5,260 | $109K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.1% | 3,815 | 3,756 | $84K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.6% | 567 | 557 | $27K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 179 | 178 | $10K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 734 | 658 | $9K |
| D2331 | <1% | 39 | 26 | $4K |
1 more codes
| D2330 | <1% | 15 | $1K |
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.