Physician
James Rittelmeyer MD Cardiology
James Rittelmeyer MD Cardiology was paid $87K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2020, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 93306, Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJAMES RITTELMEYER MD CARDIOLOGY
MONROE, LA 71201
MONROE, LA 71201
33aNPI1376926550assigned 07/07/2015
33bProvider typeCardiovascular Disease Physician
28Total paid$87K
24GClaims2,714
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#30 of 72
Median peer was paid$51K
This provider vs. median1.7×
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 | 1,410 | $62K | |
| 2019 | 881 | $17K | |
| 2020 | 423 | $8K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93306 | Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete | 39% | 588 | 511 | $34K |
| 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 | 23% | 739 | 654 | $20K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | 23% | 210 | 197 | $20K |
| 93000 | 8.4% | 1,088 | 999 | $7K | |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 3.3% | 45 | 40 | $3K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 3.0% | 44 | 43 | $3K |
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 officialRITTELMEYER, JAMES (OWNER)