Physician
Wendi Defrank, MD Apmc
Wendi Defrank, MD Apmc was paid $314K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2023, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 48% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWENDI DEFRANK, MD APMC
LA PLACE, LA 70068
LA PLACE, LA 70068
33aNPI1437194883assigned 06/19/2006
33bProvider typePediatrics Physician
28Total paid$314K
24GClaims10,370
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#124 of 230
Median peer was paid$429K
This provider vs. median0.7×
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 | 3,480 | $113K | |
| 2019 | 3,797 | $113K | |
| 2020 | 2,531 | $65K | |
| 2021 | 116 | $5K | |
| 2022 | 322 | $14K | |
| 2023 | 124 | $5K |
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 | 48% | 3,643 | 3,268 | $150K |
| 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 | 19% | 1,029 | 928 | $59K |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | 13% | 597 | 588 | $39K |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | 5.8% | 1,478 | 1,425 | $18K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 5.3% | 637 | 599 | $17K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 3.7% | 197 | 191 | $11K |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | 2.1% | 700 | 294 | $7K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 1.9% | 587 | 510 | $6K |
| 90472 | Immunization administration, each additional vaccine (list separately) | 1.3% | 224 | 215 | $4K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | <1% | 16 | 14 | $954.75 |
| 99173 | <1% | 425 | 409 | $583.69 | |
| 90621 | <1% | 69 | 64 | $265.74 |
5 more codes
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 officialCOWART, LISA (PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR)