Physician
Velez Jo, Estrellita
Velez Jo, Estrellita was paid $222K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 99291, Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes — 55% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVELEZ JO, ESTRELLITA
CHICAGO RIDGE, IL 60415
CHICAGO RIDGE, IL 60415
33aNPI1427012004assigned 04/12/2006
33bProvider typeCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
28Total paid$222K
24GClaims5,430
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#20 of 189
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median5.2×
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 | 1,230 | $65K | |
| 2019 | 1,110 | $69K | |
| 2020 | 52 | $2K | |
| 2021 | 429 | $9K | |
| 2022 | 885 | $31K | |
| 2023 | 896 | $26K | |
| 2024incomplete | 828 | $20K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99291 | Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes | 55% | 1,590 | 695 | $121K |
| 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 | 17% | 869 | 807 | $38K |
| 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 | 11% | 350 | 330 | $24K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 5.6% | 718 | 449 | $13K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 3.0% | 205 | 194 | $7K |
| 94060 | 2.3% | 482 | 462 | $5K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 2.0% | 115 | 105 | $4K |
| 94726 | 1.4% | 467 | 446 | $3K | |
| 94729 | 1.1% | 465 | 445 | $2K | |
| 95800 | <1% | 58 | 57 | $2K | |
| 95806 | <1% | 25 | 24 | $1K | |
| G2012 | Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion | <1% | 86 | 81 | $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.