Clinic
Forrest County General Hospital
Forrest County General Hospital was paid $1.03M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 55% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
COLUMBIA, MS 39429
COLUMBIA, MS 39429
33aNPI1427457084assigned 08/20/2014
33bProvider typeRural Health Clinic/Center
28Total paid$1.03M
24GClaims26,886
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Rural Health Clinic/Center providers in Mississippi
Rank by total paid#54 of 152
Median peer was paid$567K
This provider vs. median1.8×
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 HESTER, BEN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 6,938 | $258K | |
| 2019 | 3,681 | $165K | |
| 2020 | 1,751 | $89K | |
| 2021 | 2,808 | $129K | |
| 2022 | 5,199 | $196K | |
| 2023 | 4,912 | $146K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,597 | $47K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 55% | 7,002 | 4,971 | $561K |
| 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 | 39% | 6,151 | 5,055 | $398K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | 2.0% | 1,851 | 1,311 | $20K |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | 1.7% | 400 | 157 | $17K |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 1.2% | 441 | 393 | $12K |
| 93010 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | <1% | 4,601 | 3,595 | $10K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 1,986 | 1,469 | $4K |
| 99442 | <1% | 66 | 64 | $2K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | <1% | 15 | 15 | $1K |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 1,399 | 720 | $743.55 |
| G2025 | Payment for a telehealth distant site service furnished by a rural health clinic (rhc) or federally qualified health center (fqhc) only | <1% | 39 | 26 | $435.24 |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 1,745 | 1,066 | $312.81 |
9 more codes
| J0696 | Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg | <1% | 301 | $139.14 |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 44 | $131.62 |
| 81003 | <1% | 173 | $4.17 | |
| J0702 | Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | 0% | 207 | $0.00 |
| 3077F | 0% | 61 | $0.00 | |
| 3079F | 0% | 237 | $0.00 | |
| 3074F | 0% | 106 | $0.00 | |
| J3420 | Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg | 0% | 16 | $0.00 |
| 90686 | 0% | 45 | $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 officialHESTER, BEN (CFO)
Parent organizationFORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Forrest County General Hospital | Hattiesburg, MS | $81.63M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Picayune, MS | $21.66M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Columbia, MS | $9.51M |
| Walthall General Hospital | Tylertown, MS | $6.16M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Prentiss, MS | $3.80M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $3.74M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $2.80M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Picayune, MS | $2.76M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Richton, MS | $1.58M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Richton, MS | $1.36M |
| Walthall General Hospital | Tylertown, MS | $953K |
| Forrest General Hospital | Hattiesburg, MS | $850K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $253K |
| FGH Physician Billing | Hattiesburg, MS | $224K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Prentiss, MS | $204K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Picayune, MS | $65K |
| FGH Trauma Surgery Clinic | Hattiesburg, MS | $47K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $22K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Richton, MS | $18K |
| Walthall General Hospital | Tylertown, MS | $3K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.