Dental
OIG excluded
Putnam, Michael
Putnam, Michael was paid $4K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Jun 2020, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is D7140, Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root — 62% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPUTNAM, MICHAEL
TOPEKA, KS 66605
TOPEKA, KS 66605
33aNPI1346440765assigned 07/23/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$4K
24GClaims95
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Jun 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Kansas
Rank by total paid#85 of 112
Median peer was paid$52K
This provider vs. median0.1×
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.
OIG exclusionListed on the federal exclusion list (11/20/2022).
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 | 28 | $578.90 | |
| 2019 | 16 | $414.42 | |
| 2020 | 51 | $3K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 62% | 26 | 12 | $2K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 31% | 43 | 37 | $1K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 8.0% | 26 | 24 | $320.64 |
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.