Physician
Northwest Emergency Physician Group
Northwest Emergency Physician Group was paid $2.76M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 51% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNORTHWEST EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN GROUP
SHEFFIELD, AL 35660
SHEFFIELD, AL 35660
33aNPI1205197951assigned 05/30/2012
33bProvider typeEmergency Medicine Physician
28Total paid$2.76M
24GClaims60,668
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#12 of 105
Median peer was paid$247K
This provider vs. median11×
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 | 11,741 | $398K | |
| 2019 | 11,253 | $406K | |
| 2020 | 5,628 | $263K | |
| 2021 | 8,889 | $463K | |
| 2022 | 9,160 | $508K | |
| 2023 | 9,307 | $482K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,690 | $244K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | 51% | 24,255 | 20,315 | $1.41M |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 44% | 26,679 | 23,770 | $1.22M |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 4.4% | 4,463 | 3,927 | $123K |
| 93010 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | <1% | 3,976 | 3,048 | $12K |
| 99291 | Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes | <1% | 75 | 51 | $3K |
| 99401 | <1% | 111 | 98 | $117.00 | |
| 99053 | 0% | 119 | 115 | $0.00 | |
| G8427 | Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications | 0% | 381 | 376 | $0.00 |
| G9744 | Patient not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension | 0% | 594 | 584 | $0.00 |
| G8952 | Elevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, indicated follow-up not documented, reason not given | 0% | 15 | 14 | $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 officialWESTMORELAND, PENNY (CFO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Northwest Alabama Health Services, LLC | Sheffield, AL | $2.35M |
| Keller Hospitalist Services | Sheffield, AL | $230K |
| Keller Anesthesia Services | Sheffield, AL | $4K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.