Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Appalachian Regional Medical Associates

Appalachian Regional Medical Associates was paid $128K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99199, Unlisted special service, procedure or report — 74% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATES
BANNER ELK, NC 28604
33aNPI1487891933assigned 01/20/2009
28Total paid$128K
24GClaims12,478
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#254 of 616
Median peer was paid$74K
This provider vs. median1.7×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official LONG, MARY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$2.5K$5.0K$7.5K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2018265$8K
201990$5K
202023$1K
2021445$12K
20221,185$11K
20233,228$24K
2024incomplete7,242$67K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99199 Unlisted special service, procedure or report 74% 11,711 7,329 $94K
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 25% 707 626 $32K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 1.6% 60 53 $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.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialLONG, MARY (SR. VP MEDICAL STAFF RELATIONS)
Parent organizationAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATES
Same official

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