Steven M. Ruths, MD, INC.

Steven M. Ruths, MD, INC. was paid $67K by Medicaid between Mar 2019 and May 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 50% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSTEVEN M. RUTHS, MD, INC.
VENTURA, CA 93001

33aNPI1225057474assigned 07/19/2006

33bProvider typePsychiatry Physician

28Total paid$67K

24GClaims1,149

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthMar 2019 – May 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Psychiatry Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#191 of 483

Median peer was paid$24K

This provider vs. median2.8×

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
2019	114	$10K
2020	257	$23K
2021	213	$13K
2022	261	$10K
2023	229	$8K
2024incomplete	75	$3K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99214	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity	50%	367	330	$33K
90833	Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on)	40%	701	606	$27K
99233	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m	11%	81	15	$7K

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 officialRUTHS, STEVEN (OWNER)