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Sound Physicians Emergency Medicine of Louisiana INC

Sound Physicians Emergency Medicine of Louisiana INC was paid $8.98M by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Dec 2023, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99284, emergency room visit (serious) — 45% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSOUND PHYSICIANS EMERGENCY MEDICINE OF LOUISIANA INC
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70601
33aNPI1396253407assigned 01/11/2018
28Total paid$8.98M
24GClaims196,777
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Dec 2023
Compared with peers

Next to other Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Louisiana

Rank by total paid#8 of 101
Median peer was paid$227K
This provider vs. median40×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official HARLAN, MELISSA controls 11+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$200K$400K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
201846,782$1.89M
201966,529$3.03M
202060,417$2.96M
202123,029$1.10M
202320$891.30
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 45% 68,175 60,654 $4.00M
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 39% 51,976 45,542 $3.53M
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 14% 38,725 33,805 $1.27M
93010 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only <1% 30,848 26,903 $89K
99291 Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes <1% 1,167 985 $83K
99282 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity <1% 136 115 $3K
99053 0% 5,627 4,941 $0.00
G9744 Patient not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension 0% 123 121 $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 officialHARLAN, MELISSA (DIRECTOR)
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