Physician
ST. James Primary Care, Apmc
ST. James Primary Care, Apmc was paid $589K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is 99232, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day — 50% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoST. JAMES PRIMARY CARE, APMC
GRAMERCY, LA 70052
GRAMERCY, LA 70052
33aNPI1346429453assigned 10/25/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Physician
28Total paid$589K
24GClaims20,553
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Physician providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#8 of 43
Median peer was paid$105K
This provider vs. median5.6×
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 | 2,483 | $52K | |
| 2019 | 3,329 | $96K | |
| 2020 | 5,439 | $149K | |
| 2021 | 3,140 | $106K | |
| 2022 | 2,707 | $116K | |
| 2023 | 1,849 | $22K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,606 | $47K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 50% | 10,056 | 3,214 | $296K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 35% | 3,079 | 2,266 | $205K |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 8.5% | 2,157 | 1,556 | $50K |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 4.5% | 804 | 458 | $27K |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward | 1.3% | 3,272 | 1,586 | $8K |
| 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 | <1% | 208 | 169 | $2K |
| 99219 | <1% | 16 | 15 | $765.32 | |
| 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% | 222 | 167 | $328.11 |
| G0439 | Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit | 0% | 14 | 13 | $0.00 |
| G9903 | Patient screened for tobacco use and identified as a tobacco non-user | 0% | 70 | 69 | $0.00 |
| G8510 | Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | 0% | 119 | 118 | $0.00 |
| 3074F | 0% | 44 | 37 | $0.00 |
12 more codes
| G8542 | Functional outcome assessment using a standardized tool is documented; no functional deficiencies identified, care plan not required | 0% | 12 | $0.00 |
| G8754 | Most recent diastolic blood pressure < 90 mmhg | 0% | 45 | $0.00 |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | 0% | 16 | $0.00 |
| G0442 | Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes | 0% | 13 | $0.00 |
| G0444 | Annual depression screening, 5 to 15 minutes | 0% | 122 | $0.00 |
| G9622 | Patient not identified as an unhealthy alcohol user when screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method | 0% | 13 | $0.00 |
| G8730 | Pain assessment documented as positive using a standardized tool and a follow-up plan is documented | 0% | 28 | $0.00 |
| G8427 | Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications | 0% | 136 | $0.00 |
| G8731 | Pain assessment using a standardized tool is documented as negative, no follow-up plan required | 0% | 41 | $0.00 |
| G8752 | Most recent systolic blood pressure < 140 mmhg | 0% | 29 | $0.00 |
| G8482 | Influenza immunization administered or previously received | 0% | 12 | $0.00 |
| G8539 | Functional outcome assessment documented as positive using a standardized tool and a care plan based on identified deficiencies is documented within two days of the functional outcome assessment | 0% | 25 | $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 officialVELLANKI, ANU (DOCTOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| ST. James Primary Care (Apmc) | Gramercy, LA | $4.24M |
| ST. James Primary Care (Apmc) | La Place, LA | $3.33M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.