Valika, Taher

Valika, Taher was paid $602K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 99244, Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity — 29% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoVALIKA, TAHER
CHICAGO, IL 60611

33aNPI1366741548assigned 03/27/2011

33bProvider typePediatric Otolaryngology Physician

28Total paid$602K

24GClaims6,332

24DCodes billed11

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatric Otolaryngology Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#3 of 15

Median peer was paid$250K

This provider vs. median2.4×

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	1,006	$76K
2019	1,672	$161K
2020	935	$87K
2021	670	$70K
2022	757	$91K
2023	772	$73K
2024incomplete	520	$44K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99244	Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity	29%	1,277	1,005	$175K
99243		23%	1,446	1,055	$136K
31622		17%	470	420	$101K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	14%	2,198	1,872	$86K
42820	Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; younger than age 12	11%	339	268	$68K
69436	Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia	2.3%	184	102	$14K
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	1.1%	106	102	$7K
31575		<1%	54	52	$6K
99253		<1%	78	75	$4K
99231	Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity	<1%	140	91	$3K
92504		<1%	40	26	$2K

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.