Physician
Curana Health of South Carolina PC
Curana Health of South Carolina PC was paid $6.39M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 35 billing codes. Its largest line is 99309, Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity — 58% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCURANA HEALTH OF SOUTH CAROLINA PC
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC 29405
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC 29405
33aNPI1316477896assigned 06/15/2017
33bProvider typeInternal Medicine Physician
28Total paid$6.39M
24GClaims291,165
24DCodes billed35
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#4 of 273
Median peer was paid$19K
This provider vs. median336×
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
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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 | 2,484 | $124K | |
| 2019 | 6,131 | $327K | |
| 2020 | 15,967 | $569K | |
| 2021 | 69,281 | $1.42M | |
| 2022 | 75,853 | $1.52M | |
| 2023 | 60,490 | $1.19M | |
| 2024incomplete | 60,959 | $1.25M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99309 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity | 58% | 175,013 | 101,088 | $3.69M |
| 99310 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | 28% | 61,705 | 36,910 | $1.80M |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward | 6.3% | 31,509 | 19,652 | $403K |
| 99306 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | 4.2% | 3,999 | 3,601 | $270K |
| 99305 | 2.1% | 2,456 | 2,221 | $136K | |
| 99497 | <1% | 1,603 | 1,398 | $21K | |
| 99318 | <1% | 604 | 595 | $20K | |
| 99307 | <1% | 1,674 | 1,398 | $16K | |
| 99490 | Ccm add 20min | <1% | 2,137 | 2,005 | $16K |
| 99358 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | <1% | 577 | 528 | $6K |
| 99304 | <1% | 76 | 69 | $3K | |
| 99349 | <1% | 130 | 96 | $3K |
23 more codes
| 11043 | <1% | 116 | $2K | |
| 99326 | <1% | 29 | $2K | |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | <1% | 86 | $1K |
| 99336 | <1% | 30 | $1K | |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 22 | $780.79 |
| 99335 | <1% | 14 | $604.67 | |
| 1160F | 0% | 2,413 | $0.00 | |
| 1159F | 0% | 2,445 | $0.00 | |
| 3077F | 0% | 45 | $0.00 | |
| 3078F | 0% | 900 | $0.00 | |
| G8783 | Normal blood pressure reading documented, follow-up not required | 0% | 802 | $0.00 |
| G8482 | Influenza immunization administered or previously received | 0% | 87 | $0.00 |
| G9744 | Patient not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension | 0% | 21 | $0.00 |
| G8427 | Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications | 0% | 62 | $0.00 |
| 1123F | 0% | 1,509 | $0.00 | |
| 3075F | 0% | 57 | $0.00 | |
| G9717 | Documentation stating the patient has had a diagnosis of bipolar disorder | 0% | 188 | $0.00 |
| 3074F | 0% | 659 | $0.00 | |
| G8510 | Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | 0% | 21 | $0.00 |
| 3079F | 0% | 47 | $0.00 | |
| G0317 | Prolonged nursing facility evaluation and management service(s) beyond the total time for the primary service (when the primary service has been selected using time on the date of the primary service); each additional 15 minutes by the physician or qualified healthcare professional, with or without direct patient contact (list separately in addition to cpt codes 99306, 99310 for nursing facility evaluation and management services). (do not report g0317 on the same date of service as other prolonged services for evaluation and management 99358, 99359, 99418). (do not report g0317 for any time unit less than 15 minutes) | 0% | 48 | $0.00 |
| G8433 | Screening for depression not completed, documented patient or medical reason | 0% | 49 | $0.00 |
| G8950 | Elevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, and the indicated follow-up is documented | 0% | 32 | $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 officialHOWARD, NICOLE (SVP OF ADMIN SERVICES)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Curana Health of Louisiana LLC | Baton Rouge, LA | $4.87M |
| Curana Health of Massachusetts LLC | Springfield, MA | $2.59M |
| Physicians Eldercare PA | Durham, NC | $2.57M |
| Curana Health of Missouri-Kansas LLC | Lees Summit, MO | $1.45M |
| Curana Health of Mississippi LLC | Flowood, MS | $1.35M |
| Kentwood Family Clinic LLC | Kentwood, LA | $1.19M |
| Curana Health Medical Group LLC | Austin, TX | $778K |
| Curana Health of New Mexico LLC | Espanola, NM | $771K |
| Curana Health of North Carolina PLLC | Durham, NC | $740K |
| Curana Health of Nevada PLLC | Reno, NV | $696K |
| Curana Health of Arkansas LLC | Bentonville, AR | $522K |
| Curana Health of Iowa PLLC | Osceola, IA | $425K |
| Curana Health of Tennessee LLC | Memphis, TN | $318K |
| Curana Health of Alabama LLC | Birmingham, AL | $185K |
| Curana Health of Indiana LLC | Corydon, IN | $176K |
| CH Specialty Services NV Requeijo PC | Carson City, NV | $125K |
| CH Specialty Services TX PLLC | Austin, TX | $101K |
| CH Specialty Services Mo LLC | Lees Summit, MO | $93K |
| Curana Health of West Virginia LLC | Martinsburg, WV | $88K |
| CH Specialty Services Ma PC | Springfield, MA | $79K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.