Vern M. Christensen, DPM
Vern M. Christensen, DPM was paid $69K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99203, doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) — 38% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVERN M. CHRISTENSEN, DPM
AMORY, MS 38821
AMORY, MS 38821
33aNPI1376776435assigned 08/24/2009
33bProvider typeFoot Surgery Podiatrist
28Total paid$69K
24GClaims6,524
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Foot Surgery Podiatrist providers in Mississippi
Rank by total paid#5 of 14
Median peer was paid$27K
This provider vs. median2.5×
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 | 1,302 | $19K | |
| 2019 | 1,208 | $13K | |
| 2020 | 1,304 | $16K | |
| 2021 | 1,606 | $14K | |
| 2022 | 746 | $6K | |
| 2023 | 341 | $93.25 | |
| 2024incomplete | 17 | $0.00 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 38% | 1,145 | 941 | $26K |
| 11721 | 31% | 3,713 | 3,074 | $21K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 29% | 1,483 | 1,186 | $20K |
| 11056 | <1% | 13 | 12 | $638.51 | |
| 73630 | <1% | 117 | 87 | $546.29 | |
| 99304 | <1% | 13 | 13 | $293.81 | |
| J0702 | Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | 0% | 20 | 13 | $0.00 |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 0% | 20 | 13 | $0.00 |
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 officialCHRISTENSEN, VERN (OWNER)