Physician
Ideal Option, PLLC
Ideal Option, PLLC was paid $590K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 89% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoIDEAL OPTION, PLLC
CATONSVILLE, MD 21228
CATONSVILLE, MD 21228
33aNPI1356876502assigned 04/25/2017
33bProvider typeAddiction Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
28Total paid$590K
24GClaims5,198
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official DAWSON, BRIAN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 1,580 | $168K | |
| 2019 | 895 | $95K | |
| 2020 | 403 | $37K | |
| 2021 | 688 | $72K | |
| 2022 | 552 | $68K | |
| 2023 | 543 | $77K | |
| 2024incomplete | 537 | $74K |
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 | 89% | 4,480 | 2,680 | $523K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 9.1% | 650 | 489 | $54K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 2.3% | 68 | 37 | $13K |
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 officialDAWSON, BRIAN (CMO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Kennewick, WA | $39.28M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Hagerstown, MD | $7.35M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Cut Bank, MT | $3.65M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Great Falls, MT | $3.29M |
| Colorado Hospitalist Services, PLLC | Englewood, CO | $2.21M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Cumberland, MD | $1.79M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Bozeman, MT | $1.62M |
| Eagle Creek Emergency Group, PC | Paris, TN | $1.42M |
| Ideal Option Lab | Kennewick, WA | $1.32M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Billings, MT | $1.16M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Frederick, MD | $1.06M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Waldorf, MD | $917K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Kalispell, MT | $731K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Helena, MT | $702K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Helena, MT | $695K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Williston, ND | $691K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Great Falls, MT | $676K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Butte, MT | $620K |
| Havely Springs Emergency Group, PC | Springfield, TN | $584K |
| Colorado Hospitalist Services, PLLC | Denver, CO | $341K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.