Physician
Chou, James
Chou, James was paid $4.43M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHOU, JAMES
BRONX, NY 10468
BRONX, NY 10468
33aNPI1467544593assigned 09/28/2006
33bProvider typePsychiatry Physician
28Total paid$4.43M
24GClaims45,174
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Psychiatry Physician providers in New York
Rank by total paid#11 of 1,033
Median peer was paid$8K
This provider vs. median574×
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 | 2,754 | $244K | |
| 2019 | 7,969 | $717K | |
| 2020 | 8,351 | $756K | |
| 2021 | 6,002 | $639K | |
| 2022 | 7,181 | $748K | |
| 2023 | 8,306 | $857K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,611 | $473K |
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 | 39% | 19,220 | 14,753 | $1.74M |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 39% | 18,033 | 8,364 | $1.71M |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 8.9% | 2,233 | 2,227 | $396K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 5.7% | 2,447 | 1,642 | $255K |
| 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 | 5.1% | 1,711 | 1,694 | $227K |
| 90833 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on) | 2.3% | 1,473 | 1,442 | $102K |
| 90846 | Family psychotherapy without the patient present, 50 minutes | <1% | 43 | 33 | $4K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | <1% | 14 | 14 | $2K |
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.