Shields, Alison

Shields, Alison was paid $59K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 33% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSHIELDS, ALISON
HARLAN, IA 51537

33aNPI1487883948assigned 07/06/2009

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$59K

24GClaims2,699

24DCodes billed8

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Iowa

Rank by total paid#102 of 268

Median peer was paid$26K

This provider vs. median2.2×

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	58	$816.36
2019	101	$3K
2020	179	$5K
2021	492	$12K
2022	837	$18K
2023	622	$12K
2024incomplete	410	$8K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	33%	1,113	1,066	$20K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	33%	580	559	$20K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	13%	293	283	$8K
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	13%	488	461	$7K
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	6.5%	155	147	$4K
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	<1%	44	42	$488.08
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	<1%	13	12	$178.76
D0230	Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image	<1%	13	12	$161.40

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.