Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Hammer, Linda

Hammer, Linda was paid $390K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2020, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 31% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHAMMER, LINDA
ARLINGTON, VA 22202
33aNPI1275560955assigned 06/27/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$390K
24GClaims13,820
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2020
Compared with peers

Next to other Optometrist providers in Virginia

Rank by total paid#49 of 491
Median peer was paid$23K
This provider vs. median17×

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

$0$10K$20K$30K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20188,171$167K
20194,516$175K
20201,133$47K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
92014 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient 31% 2,419 2,416 $120K
92004 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient 21% 1,707 1,707 $81K
V2020 Frames, purchases 19% 2,784 2,778 $73K
92340 Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal 19% 2,727 2,722 $72K
92015 Determination of refractive state 11% 4,142 4,139 $41K
92341 <1% 27 27 $2K
92250 <1% 14 14 $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.