Primary Health Care, INC.
Primary Health Care, INC. was paid $7.23M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 68 billing codes. Its largest line is T1015, a visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate) — 99% of everything it billed.
DES MOINES, IA 50314
Next to other Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providers in Iowa
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11,289 | $808K | |
| 2019 | 9,422 | $768K | |
| 2020 | 15,146 | $1.32M | |
| 2021 | 15,115 | $1.35M | |
| 2022 | 13,065 | $1.14M | |
| 2023 | 10,207 | $964K | |
| 2024incomplete | 12,504 | $879K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 99% | 36,662 | 29,194 | $7.18M |
| S0280 | Medical home program, comprehensive care coordination and planning, initial plan | <1% | 652 | 603 | $27K |
| G0467 | Community health center visit, returning patientFederally qualified health center (fqhc) visit, established patient; a medically-necessary, face-to-face encounter (one-on-one) between an established patient and a fqhc practitioner during which time one or more fqhc services are rendered and includes a typical bundle of medicare-covered services that would be furnished per diem to a patient receiving a fqhc visit | <1% | 396 | 335 | $15K |
| 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% | 8,808 | 8,263 | $4K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 11,792 | 10,811 | $1K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | <1% | 1,367 | 1,021 | $278.55 |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | <1% | 712 | 518 | $221.58 |
| 3074F | <1% | 648 | 613 | $200.00 | |
| 3079F | <1% | 336 | 319 | $180.00 | |
| 3078F | <1% | 499 | 474 | $180.00 | |
| 90688 | <1% | 1,088 | 1,045 | $178.01 | |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | <1% | 2,960 | 2,391 | $167.66 |
56 more codes
| 3075F | <1% | 173 | $140.00 | |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 3,247 | $129.62 |
| 90734 | <1% | 288 | $120.32 | |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | <1% | 1,473 | $115.64 |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 534 | $103.04 |
| 3077F | <1% | 142 | $100.00 | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 30 | $99.95 |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 1,019 | $81.37 |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 1,633 | $40.52 |
| 90715 | <1% | 117 | $40.24 | |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 880 | $37.70 |
| 90472 | Immunization administration, each additional vaccine (list separately) | <1% | 880 | $30.54 |
| 81025 | <1% | 133 | $8.97 | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 2,458 | $7.60 |
| 81003 | <1% | 860 | $6.36 | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 401 | $6.34 |
| 82947 | <1% | 308 | $5.34 | |
| 82044 | 0% | 127 | $0.00 | |
| 90677 | 0% | 27 | $0.00 | |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 0% | 156 | $0.00 |
| 87428 | 0% | 579 | $0.00 | |
| 3080F | 0% | 134 | $0.00 | |
| 2001F | 0% | 1,005 | $0.00 | |
| 90651 | 0% | 65 | $0.00 | |
| 2010F | 0% | 1,028 | $0.00 | |
| 2000F | 0% | 969 | $0.00 | |
| 90686 | 0% | 84 | $0.00 | |
| 90619 | 0% | 131 | $0.00 | |
| 96156 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| J0696 | Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg | 0% | 59 | $0.00 |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 0% | 29 | $0.00 |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 0% | 13 | $0.00 |
| 90732 | 0% | 13 | $0.00 | |
| 90656 | 0% | 22 | $0.00 | |
| 0134A | 0% | 30 | $0.00 | |
| 90480 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 91305 | 0% | 13 | $0.00 | |
| 80305 | 0% | 116 | $0.00 | |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 0% | 838 | $0.00 |
| 91312 | 0% | 103 | $0.00 | |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | 0% | 13 | $0.00 |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 0% | 49 | $0.00 |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | 0% | 50 | $0.00 |
| 99395 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 18-39 years | 0% | 29 | $0.00 |
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | 0% | 60 | $0.00 |
| 99396 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 40-64 years | 0% | 52 | $0.00 |
| 0124A | 0% | 62 | $0.00 | |
| 91313 | 0% | 27 | $0.00 | |
| 90746 | 0% | 96 | $0.00 | |
| 96160 | 0% | 18 | $0.00 | |
| 99201 | 0% | 25 | $0.00 | |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 0% | 14 | $0.00 |
| 91320 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 90658 | 0% | 89 | $0.00 | |
| 99408 | 0% | 79 | $0.00 | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | 0% | 12 | $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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $15.62M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $14.14M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $12.05M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Marshalltown, IA | $11.58M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Ames, IA | $8.05M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $7.87M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Marshalltown, IA | $5.34M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Urbandale, IA | $3.85M |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $180K |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $114K |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $49K |
| Primary Health Care, INC. | Des Moines, IA | $12K |
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