Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Palou, Maria

Palou, Maria was paid $998K by Medicaid between Jan 2019 and Nov 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 97110, Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion — 29% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPALOU, MARIA
LAS PIEDRAS, PR 00771
33aNPI1326166448assigned 03/27/2007
28Total paid$998K
24GClaims35,590
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2019 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician providers in Puerto Rico

Rank by total paid#1 of 11
Median peer was paid$149K
This provider vs. median6.7×

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$50K$100K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20193,899$67K
20202,820$75K
20218,177$216K
20227,301$197K
20236,657$208K
2024incomplete6,736$236K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
97110 Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion 29% 12,579 3,109 $285K
97032 23% 11,992 2,986 $230K
99214 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity 19% 2,218 1,907 $188K
99204 Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity 11% 898 810 $111K
97035 8.6% 4,591 1,289 $86K
97124 5.0% 2,396 634 $49K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 3.7% 688 657 $37K
99244 Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity 1.2% 228 221 $12K

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.