Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Watauga Medical Center, INC.

Watauga Medical Center, INC. was paid $19K by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and May 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 99233, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) — 26% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
BOONE, NC 28607
33aNPI1316013733assigned 11/28/2006
28Total paid$19K
24GClaims499
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – May 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Emergency Medicine Physician providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#127 of 196
Median peer was paid$120K
This provider vs. median0.2×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official LONG, MARY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$1.0K$2.0K$3.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2018171$5K
2019133$6K
202012$754.83
2022134$4K
202335$685.93
2024incomplete14$2K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99233 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m 26% 171 63 $5K
99232 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity 25% 169 55 $5K
99238 Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less 19% 74 57 $4K
99460 17% 47 40 $3K
99223 Prolong inpt eval add15 m 9.9% 14 13 $2K
99462 3.1% 24 12 $579.31

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 officialLONG, MARY (SR VP MEDICAL STAFF SERVICES)
Parent organizationAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
Same official

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