Dental
Smiles Ahead, P.C.
Smiles Ahead, P.C. was paid $45K by Medicaid between Sep 2020 and Sep 2023, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSMILES AHEAD, P.C.
HATTIESBURG, MS 39402
HATTIESBURG, MS 39402
33aNPI1346487105assigned 01/15/2009
33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist
28Total paid$45K
24GClaims516
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthSep 2020 – Sep 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in Mississippi
Rank by total paid#46 of 56
Median peer was paid$629K
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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 16 | $1K | |
| 2021 | 259 | $21K | |
| 2022 | 213 | $20K | |
| 2023 | 28 | $3K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 100% | 516 | 374 | $45K |
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 officialHEAD, CHRISTY (PRESIDENT / OWNER)