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Sound Physicians Emergency Medicine of Southern California, P.C.

Sound Physicians Emergency Medicine of Southern California, P.C. was paid $23.48M by Medicaid between Aug 2018 and Mar 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is 99284, emergency room visit (serious) — 46% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSOUND PHYSICIANS EMERGENCY MEDICINE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P.C.
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
33aNPI1194180968assigned 12/22/2015
33bProvider typePhysician Assistant
28Total paid$23.48M
24GClaims358,654
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthAug 2018 – Mar 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Physician Assistant providers in California

Rank by total paid#2 of 187
Median peer was paid$4K
This provider vs. median5,565×

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 FALL, LAURA controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$250K$500K$750K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201817,660$839K
201941,711$2.29M
202047,339$2.97M
202175,697$4.94M
202290,757$6.25M
202374,721$5.37M
2024incomplete10,769$833K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 46% 142,673 139,952 $10.69M
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 37% 96,300 94,297 $8.57M
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 14% 57,021 56,111 $3.40M
99291 Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes 2.2% 5,219 5,155 $507K
93010 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only 1.3% 53,722 49,938 $299K
99282 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity <1% 616 604 $14K
99292 <1% 39 39 $1K
99053 <1% 3,037 2,959 $650.31
12001 <1% 15 15 $175.36
G9744 Patient not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension 0% 12 12 $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

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Authorized officialFALL, LAURA (MANAGER)
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