Physician
Desert Ophthalmology Medical Corporation
Desert Ophthalmology Medical Corporation was paid $1.39M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 26 billing codes. Its largest line is 92012, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient — 31% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESERT OPHTHALMOLOGY MEDICAL CORPORATION
PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262
PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262
33aNPI1386710564assigned 11/28/2006
33bProvider typeOphthalmology Physician
28Total paid$1.39M
24GClaims43,838
24DCodes billed26
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ophthalmology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#65 of 759
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median39×
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 | 3,612 | $115K | |
| 2019 | 5,105 | $163K | |
| 2020 | 4,793 | $160K | |
| 2021 | 5,559 | $225K | |
| 2022 | 6,164 | $196K | |
| 2023 | 11,214 | $323K | |
| 2024incomplete | 7,391 | $211K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92012 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient | 31% | 13,465 | 12,421 | $427K |
| 66984 | Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis | 12% | 259 | 255 | $172K |
| 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 | 11% | 4,213 | 4,161 | $147K |
| 83861 | 10% | 10,582 | 5,275 | $144K | |
| 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 | 9.5% | 1,769 | 1,763 | $132K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | 4.7% | 769 | 769 | $65K |
| 92250 | 3.2% | 1,421 | 1,420 | $44K | |
| 92133 | 3.1% | 1,672 | 1,648 | $43K | |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | 2.9% | 458 | 456 | $41K |
| 92083 | 2.6% | 1,434 | 1,420 | $36K | |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 2.5% | 4,159 | 4,133 | $35K |
| 92134 | 2.4% | 1,386 | 1,367 | $33K |
14 more codes
| 68761 | 2.2% | 497 | $31K | |
| 92136 | <1% | 260 | $11K | |
| 99442 | <1% | 397 | $10K | |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | <1% | 333 | $9K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | <1% | 241 | $3K |
| 67028 | Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent | <1% | 12 | $3K |
| 92341 | <1% | 113 | $2K | |
| 92370 | <1% | 231 | $2K | |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | <1% | 104 | $1K |
| J9035 | Injection, bevacizumab, 10 mg | <1% | 12 | $1K |
| 92082 | <1% | 12 | $363.96 | |
| 92201 | <1% | 14 | $337.12 | |
| 76514 | <1% | 12 | $132.24 | |
| 92020 | <1% | 13 | $20.92 |
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 officialGOLDBAN, WALLACE (OPHTHALMOLOGY)