Physician
Skin Diagnostics Group PC
Skin Diagnostics Group PC was paid $210K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2021, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 88305, Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination — 99% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSKIN DIAGNOSTICS GROUP PC
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35209
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35209
33aNPI1417280538assigned 09/08/2009
33bProvider typeDermatopathology (Pathology) Physician
28Total paid$210K
24GClaims8,422
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Dermatopathology (Pathology) Physician providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#3 of 6
Median peer was paid$82K
This provider vs. median2.6×
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 | 2,664 | $62K | |
| 2019 | 2,908 | $72K | |
| 2020 | 2,069 | $52K | |
| 2021 | 781 | $23K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88305 | Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination | 99% | 8,278 | 7,248 | $208K |
| 88312 | <1% | 144 | 129 | $1K |
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 officialLONG, JAMES (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| West River Health Services | Lemmon, SD | $355K |
| West River Health Services | Bowman, ND | $62K |
| West River Health Services | New England, ND | $34K |
| West River Health Services | Mott, ND | $9K |
| West River Health Services | Scranton, ND | $7K |
| West River Health Services | Hettinger, ND | $2K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.