DR. Blaha and Associate Optometrists
DR. Blaha and Associate Optometrists was paid $186K by Medicaid between May 2019 and Dec 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 92004, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient — 61% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDR. BLAHA AND ASSOCIATE OPTOMETRISTS
NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23602
NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23602
33aNPI1285816041assigned 12/03/2007
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$186K
24GClaims3,334
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthMay 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Virginia
Rank by total paid#101 of 491
Median peer was paid$23K
This provider vs. median8.0×
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 | 254 | $13K | |
| 2020 | 409 | $22K | |
| 2021 | 637 | $38K | |
| 2022 | 568 | $33K | |
| 2023 | 887 | $49K | |
| 2024incomplete | 579 | $31K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 61% | 984 | 933 | $113K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 24% | 503 | 471 | $46K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 15% | 1,847 | 1,724 | $27K |
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 officialBLAHA, ELINA (OWNER/OPTOMETRIST)