Physician
Mountain Kidney & Hypertension Associates, P.A.
Mountain Kidney & Hypertension Associates, P.A. was paid $1.04M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is 90960, End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits — 56% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMOUNTAIN KIDNEY & HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATES, P.A.
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
33aNPI1477516698assigned 04/10/2006
33bProvider typeNephrology Physician
28Total paid$1.04M
24GClaims39,770
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Nephrology Physician providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#6 of 41
Median peer was paid$168K
This provider vs. median6.2×
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 | 5,156 | $141K | |
| 2019 | 8,095 | $186K | |
| 2020 | 6,184 | $165K | |
| 2021 | 6,407 | $165K | |
| 2022 | 5,804 | $143K | |
| 2023 | 4,276 | $124K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,848 | $119K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90960 | End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits | 56% | 17,924 | 13,086 | $586K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 17% | 7,732 | 2,829 | $176K |
| 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 | 12% | 4,532 | 3,413 | $125K |
| 90935 | Hemodialysis procedure with single evaluation by a physician | 6.8% | 5,968 | 2,395 | $71K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 4.2% | 1,128 | 390 | $44K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 1.4% | 798 | 659 | $15K |
| 90961 | 1.2% | 469 | 317 | $12K | |
| 90966 | <1% | 419 | 274 | $9K | |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | <1% | 144 | 104 | $3K |
| 93975 | <1% | 16 | 13 | $2K | |
| G2211 | Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's single, serious condition or a complex condition. (add-on code, list separately in addition to office/outpatient evaluation and management visit, new or established) | <1% | 566 | 514 | $1K |
| 76770 | <1% | 27 | 24 | $790.87 |
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 officialCROOK, THOMAS (CEO)