Ben Palmer, O.D. a Professional Optometric Corporation
Ben Palmer, O.D. a Professional Optometric Corporation was paid $3K by Medicaid between May 2018 and Feb 2020, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 70% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBEN PALMER, O.D. A PROFESSIONAL OPTOMETRIC CORPORATION
NIPOMO, CA 93444
NIPOMO, CA 93444
33aNPI1346539095assigned 04/04/2011
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$3K
24GClaims169
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthMay 2018 – Feb 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,371 of 1,899
Median peer was paid$23K
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 63 | $1K | |
| 2019 | 90 | $2K | |
| 2020 | 16 | $140.96 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 70% | 54 | 54 | $2K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 30% | 115 | 115 | $1K |
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 officialPALMER, BEN (OPTOMETRIST)