Physician
Howard, Joseph Francis
Howard, Joseph Francis was paid $129K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Feb 2023, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 49% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOWARD, JOSEPH FRANCIS
AUBURN, MA 01501
AUBURN, MA 01501
33aNPI1497789259assigned 07/10/2006
33bProvider typePediatrics Physician
28Total paid$129K
24GClaims4,216
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Feb 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#360 of 1,273
Median peer was paid$24K
This provider vs. median5.4×
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 | 693 | $19K | |
| 2019 | 1,027 | $31K | |
| 2020 | 732 | $23K | |
| 2021 | 876 | $28K | |
| 2022 | 817 | $25K | |
| 2023 | 71 | $2K |
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 | 49% | 1,099 | 1,080 | $63K |
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | 18% | 719 | 609 | $23K |
| S0302 | Completed early periodic screening diagnosis and treatment (epsdt) service (list in addition to code for appropriate evaluation and management service) | 7.2% | 1,023 | 1,020 | $9K |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 7.0% | 175 | 173 | $9K |
| G2023 | Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | 5.6% | 235 | 233 | $7K |
| 96127 | 3.4% | 424 | 424 | $4K | |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 2.5% | 38 | 38 | $3K |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 1.9% | 31 | 31 | $2K |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | 1.7% | 215 | 208 | $2K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | <1% | 13 | 13 | $1K |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 44 | 44 | $899.80 |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 25 | 25 | $787.53 |
4 more codes
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.