Dental
Happy Smiles Dentistry-Meridian LLC
Happy Smiles Dentistry-Meridian LLC was paid $12.94M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 35 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 13% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHAPPY SMILES DENTISTRY-MERIDIAN LLC
MERIDIAN, MS 39305
MERIDIAN, MS 39305
33aNPI1326395799assigned 08/04/2012
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$12.94M
24GClaims497,245
24DCodes billed35
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Mississippi
Rank by total paid#3 of 379
Median peer was paid$78K
This provider vs. median167×
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 ZWICKY, TERESA controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 44,302 | $484K | |
| 2019 | 57,797 | $832K | |
| 2020 | 35,813 | $826K | |
| 2021 | 68,154 | $2.07M | |
| 2022 | 88,309 | $2.76M | |
| 2023 | 95,594 | $2.93M | |
| 2024incomplete | 107,276 | $3.04M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 13% | 68,078 | 54,952 | $1.68M |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 12% | 17,721 | 8,139 | $1.55M |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 10% | 64,449 | 51,867 | $1.33M |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 9.2% | 10,900 | 2,515 | $1.19M |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 8.7% | 42,181 | 6,612 | $1.13M |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 7.2% | 38,959 | 33,630 | $937K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 5.4% | 23,522 | 17,231 | $700K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.2% | 4,766 | 2,855 | $545K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.8% | 36,516 | 28,962 | $488K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.1% | 12,418 | 10,076 | $404K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.8% | 19,242 | 15,783 | $366K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 2.7% | 5,025 | 2,444 | $343K |
23 more codes
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.5% | 38,697 | $317K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 2.3% | 12,698 | $303K |
| D0350 | 2.3% | 11,254 | $300K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.9% | 22,909 | $245K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.7% | 5,088 | $223K |
| D2934 | 1.5% | 1,248 | $196K | |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 1.3% | 5,320 | $171K |
| D9248 | <1% | 3,108 | $124K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 3,074 | $102K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 1,454 | $78K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 3,975 | $61K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 674 | $54K |
| D2330 | <1% | 636 | $38K | |
| D2929 | <1% | 132 | $31K | |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | <1% | 729 | $30K |
| D9223 | Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment | <1% | 29 | $6K |
| D2332 | <1% | 32 | $4K | |
| D2335 | <1% | 18 | $2K | |
| D9222 | <1% | 17 | $2K | |
| D9420 | <1% | 33 | $660.00 | |
| D9310 | <1% | 15 | $264.40 | |
| D0603 | 0% | 41,727 | $0.00 | |
| D0602 | 0% | 601 | $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 officialZWICKY, TERESA (CREDENTIALING MANAGER)
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