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Regional Health Services of Howard County
Regional Health Services of Howard County was paid $907K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 43 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 40% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoREGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY
CRESCO, IA 52136
CRESCO, IA 52136
33aNPI1417991316assigned 06/15/2006
33bProvider typeLand Ambulance
28Total paid$907K
24GClaims14,161
24DCodes billed43
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Land Ambulance providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#18 of 87
Median peer was paid$99K
This provider vs. median9.1×
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 | 1,073 | $64K | |
| 2019 | 1,722 | $97K | |
| 2020 | 1,390 | $93K | |
| 2021 | 3,729 | $229K | |
| 2022 | 3,109 | $206K | |
| 2023 | 2,181 | $128K | |
| 2024incomplete | 957 | $90K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 40% | 2,164 | 1,768 | $362K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 18% | 1,475 | 1,287 | $161K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 9.2% | 907 | 839 | $84K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 6.5% | 1,994 | 1,564 | $59K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 5.1% | 2,674 | 2,013 | $46K |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 2.9% | 533 | 487 | $26K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 2.4% | 75 | 54 | $22K |
| C9803 | Hospital outpatient clinic visit specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | 2.1% | 1,281 | 1,186 | $19K |
| 86140 | 1.9% | 551 | 465 | $17K | |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 1.3% | 239 | 226 | $11K |
| 96365 | Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis; initial, up to 1 hour | 1.2% | 58 | 41 | $10K |
| 83605 | 1.0% | 403 | 337 | $9K |
31 more codes
| 81001 | 1.0% | 394 | $9K | |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious) | <1% | 15 | $8K |
| 87400 | <1% | 136 | $7K | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 64 | $6K |
| 96375 | Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push | <1% | 117 | $6K |
| 96361 | Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour | <1% | 45 | $5K |
| 87633 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, respiratory virus, 12-25 targets | <1% | 58 | $4K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 121 | $4K |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 43 | $3K |
| 85652 | <1% | 154 | $3K | |
| 80306 | <1% | 14 | $3K | |
| 83735 | <1% | 71 | $2K | |
| 99001 | <1% | 138 | $2K | |
| 87449 | <1% | 49 | $2K | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 44 | $2K |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 25 | $2K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | <1% | 15 | $2K |
| 82077 | <1% | 14 | $1K | |
| 84484 | <1% | 18 | $1K | |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | <1% | 30 | $994.07 |
| 94640 | Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction | <1% | 29 | $793.34 |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 20 | $783.43 |
| 0012A | <1% | 40 | $626.10 | |
| 0011A | <1% | 39 | $566.28 | |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | <1% | 12 | $560.13 |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 34 | $485.91 |
| 87081 | <1% | 13 | $298.38 | |
| 0001A | <1% | 14 | $267.60 | |
| 0004A | <1% | 14 | $249.60 | |
| 0064A | <1% | 15 | $150.17 | |
| 0071A | <1% | 12 | $115.20 |
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 officialBREVIG, BRANDON (CFO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Health Services of Howard County | Lime Springs, IA | $86K |
| Regional Health Services of Howard County | Elma, IA | $65K |
| Regional Health Services of Howard County | Cresco, IA | $48K |
| Regional Health Services of Howard County | Cresco, IA | $23K |
| Regional Health Services of Howard County | Cresco, IA | $2K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.