Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
Home › CA › Palmdale › NPI 1437220258
NP / PA

Desert View Emergency Physicians, a Medical Corporation

Desert View Emergency Physicians, a Medical Corporation was paid $13.60M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 49% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoDESERT VIEW EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, A MEDICAL CORPORATION
PALMDALE, CA 93551
33aNPI1437220258assigned 11/13/2006
33bProvider typePhysician Assistant
28Total paid$13.60M
24GClaims264,070
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Physician Assistant providers in California

Rank by total paid#6 of 187
Median peer was paid$4K
This provider vs. median3,223×

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 VAUGHN, KAREN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$100K$200K$300K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
201838,475$1.34M
201947,569$2.43M
202033,421$1.96M
202136,638$2.19M
202243,413$2.27M
202354,884$2.87M
2024incomplete9,670$537K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 49% 87,978 84,390 $6.67M
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 31% 85,587 83,307 $4.18M
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 15% 62,533 61,040 $2.10M
99291 Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes 2.6% 3,532 3,465 $353K
93010 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only 2.0% 22,434 21,492 $269K
99282 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity <1% 682 674 $14K
12001 <1% 187 182 $10K
99281 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, self-limited or minor <1% 823 792 $10K
93042 <1% 117 105 $918.75
71045 Radiologic examination, chest; single view <1% 31 30 $213.59
99053 0% 166 166 $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 officialVAUGHN, KAREN (OFFICER)
Same official

Other billing entities under VAUGHN, KAREN

Full network →

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.