Piedmont Rheumatology, P.A.

Piedmont Rheumatology, P.A. was paid $135K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 95% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPIEDMONT RHEUMATOLOGY, P.A.
HICKORY, NC 28602

33aNPI1346250214assigned 08/09/2006

33bProvider typeRheumatology Physician

28Total paid$135K

24GClaims3,530

24DCodes billed2

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Rheumatology Physician providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#5 of 27

Median peer was paid$19K

This provider vs. median7.0×

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

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	552	$12K
2019	457	$17K
2020	236	$9K
2021	394	$15K
2022	459	$24K
2023	923	$35K
2024incomplete	509	$23K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
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	95%	3,132	2,371	$128K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	5.4%	398	303	$7K

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 officialLEATHERMAN, KENDRA (PRACTICE MANAGER)