Clinic
Low Country Health Care System, INC.
Low Country Health Care System, INC. was paid $643K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 53% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLOW COUNTRY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, INC.
BLACKVILLE, SC 29817
BLACKVILLE, SC 29817
33aNPI1235225608assigned 10/05/2006
33bProvider typeFederally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
28Total paid$643K
24GClaims9,811
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#47 of 85
Median peer was paid$746K
This provider vs. median0.9×
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 | 867 | $60K | |
| 2019 | 879 | $60K | |
| 2020 | 726 | $50K | |
| 2021 | 1,455 | $70K | |
| 2022 | 2,600 | $112K | |
| 2023 | 2,017 | $156K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,267 | $135K |
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 | 53% | 3,000 | 2,758 | $340K |
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 20% | 3,007 | 2,106 | $128K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 20% | 912 | 875 | $128K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 7.0% | 446 | 409 | $45K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 536 | 503 | $2K |
| 99406 | <1% | 48 | 38 | $213.26 | |
| 90686 | <1% | 14 | 14 | $181.36 | |
| 81003 | <1% | 27 | 25 | $107.02 | |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 14 | 14 | $24.56 |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 17 | 16 | $4.21 |
| 3074F | <1% | 127 | 101 | $0.02 | |
| 3078F | <1% | 231 | 188 | $0.01 |
7 more codes
| G0511 | Rural health clinic or federally qualified health center (rhc or fqhc) only, general care management, 20 minutes or more of clinical staff time for chronic care management services or behavioral health integration services directed by an rhc or fqhc practitioner (physician, np, pa, or cnm), per calendar month | 0% | 786 | $0.00 |
| 1160F | 0% | 89 | $0.00 | |
| 1159F | 0% | 89 | $0.00 | |
| 3077F | 0% | 17 | $0.00 | |
| G0467 | Community health center visit, returning patient | 0% | 423 | $0.00 |
| 36416 | 0% | 15 | $0.00 | |
| 3075F | 0% | 13 | $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 officialBARNES, ASHLEY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Low Country Health Care System, INC | Barnwell, SC | $3.19M |
| Low Country Health Care System, INC | Fairfax, SC | $2.19M |
| Low Country Health Care System, INC | Bamberg, SC | $1.03M |
| Low Country Health Care System, INC | Williston, SC | $426K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.