Primary Health Care, INC.
Primary Health Care, INC. was paid $14.14M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 90 billing codes. Its largest line is T1015, a visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate) — 100% of everything it billed.
DES MOINES, IA 50314
Next to other Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providers in Iowa
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 25,827 | $1.65M | |
| 2019 | 22,457 | $1.56M | |
| 2020 | 25,830 | $1.83M | |
| 2021 | 32,089 | $2.44M | |
| 2022 | 30,437 | $2.41M | |
| 2023 | 27,253 | $2.12M | |
| 2024incomplete | 33,476 | $2.13M |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 100% | 71,337 | 46,140 | $14.13M |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 25,335 | 20,493 | $3K |
| 0513F | <1% | 51 | 50 | $780.00 | |
| G0467 | Community health center visit, returning patientFederally qualified health center (fqhc) visit, established patient; a medically-necessary, face-to-face encounter (one-on-one) between an established patient and a fqhc practitioner during which time one or more fqhc services are rendered and includes a typical bundle of medicare-covered services that would be furnished per diem to a patient receiving a fqhc visit | <1% | 35 | 26 | $701.14 |
| 99460 | <1% | 1,069 | 1,000 | $553.92 | |
| 3074F | <1% | 1,165 | 1,030 | $440.00 | |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | <1% | 6,233 | 5,814 | $362.00 |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 8,667 | 8,390 | $300.97 |
| 3078F | <1% | 1,025 | 914 | $280.00 | |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | <1% | 950 | 921 | $269.32 |
| 3079F | <1% | 282 | 269 | $260.00 | |
| 90472 | Immunization administration, each additional vaccine (list separately) | <1% | 5,308 | 5,123 | $255.84 |
78 more codes
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | <1% | 2,669 | $220.54 |
| 81025 | <1% | 1,107 | $161.46 | |
| 3075F | <1% | 108 | $160.00 | |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | <1% | 4,097 | $159.07 |
| 3077F | <1% | 103 | $140.00 | |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) | <1% | 1,566 | $123.33 |
| 99381 | <1% | 832 | $88.72 | |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) | <1% | 4,033 | $68.56 |
| 99217 | <1% | 161 | $62.06 | |
| 90715 | <1% | 855 | $40.24 | |
| 3044F | <1% | 12 | $40.00 | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 6,236 | $31.36 |
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | <1% | 2,774 | $19.68 |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 1,226 | $18.64 |
| 90688 | <1% | 1,225 | $15.05 | |
| 90474 | <1% | 1,904 | $13.72 | |
| 81002 | <1% | 6,834 | $7.44 | |
| 85018 | <1% | 2,233 | $3.69 | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 795 | $3.17 |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 0% | 1,691 | $0.00 |
| 81003 | 0% | 2,831 | $0.00 | |
| 90670 | 0% | 2,555 | $0.00 | |
| 90473 | 0% | 520 | $0.00 | |
| 90707 | 0% | 516 | $0.00 | |
| 90681 | 0% | 930 | $0.00 | |
| 90710 | 0% | 202 | $0.00 | |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 0% | 213 | $0.00 |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | 0% | 291 | $0.00 |
| 90461 | 0% | 1,571 | $0.00 | |
| 90633 | 0% | 1,456 | $0.00 | |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 0% | 238 | $0.00 |
| 99395 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 18-39 years | 0% | 162 | $0.00 |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 0% | 226 | $0.00 |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 0% | 57 | $0.00 |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutes | 0% | 783 | $0.00 |
| 90700 | 0% | 352 | $0.00 | |
| 90621 | 0% | 99 | $0.00 | |
| 90658 | 0% | 98 | $0.00 | |
| 90734 | 0% | 163 | $0.00 | |
| 99188 | 0% | 121 | $0.00 | |
| 99396 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 40-64 years | 0% | 28 | $0.00 |
| 82947 | 0% | 13 | $0.00 | |
| 87210 | 0% | 26 | $0.00 | |
| 99226 | 0% | 35 | $0.00 | |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hour | 0% | 14 | $0.00 |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | 0% | 53 | $0.00 |
| 90687 | 0% | 14 | $0.00 | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | 0% | 29 | $0.00 |
| 99219 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day | 0% | 1,666 | $0.00 |
| 82044 | 0% | 497 | $0.00 | |
| 90723 | 0% | 2,863 | $0.00 | |
| 93000 | 0% | 98 | $0.00 | |
| 99220 | 0% | 403 | $0.00 | |
| 99462 | 0% | 571 | $0.00 | |
| 90647 | 0% | 2,788 | $0.00 | |
| 90680 | 0% | 1,347 | $0.00 | |
| 90686 | 0% | 1,628 | $0.00 | |
| 90677 | 0% | 909 | $0.00 | |
| 36416 | 0% | 448 | $0.00 | |
| 2001F | 0% | 2,477 | $0.00 | |
| 90651 | 0% | 254 | $0.00 | |
| 96156 | 0% | 83 | $0.00 | |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes | 0% | 221 | $0.00 |
| 3080F | 0% | 57 | $0.00 | |
| 90696 | 0% | 173 | $0.00 | |
| 82950 | 0% | 174 | $0.00 | |
| 90716 | 0% | 609 | $0.00 | |
| 2010F | 0% | 2,529 | $0.00 | |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | 0% | 97 | $0.00 |
| 90381 | 0% | 50 | $0.00 | |
| 99383 | 0% | 18 | $0.00 | |
| 90619 | 0% | 59 | $0.00 | |
| 90656 | 0% | 323 | $0.00 | |
| 2000F | 0% | 1,390 | $0.00 | |
| 96380 | 0% | 60 | $0.00 | |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 0% | 33 | $0.00 |
| 99384 | 0% | 18 | $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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $15.62M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $12.05M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Marshalltown, IA | $11.58M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Ames, IA | $8.05M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $7.87M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $7.23M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Marshalltown, IA | $5.34M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Urbandale, IA | $3.85M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $180K |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $114K |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $49K |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $12K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.