Physician
Observation Emergency Physicians, P.C.
Observation Emergency Physicians, P.C. was paid $3.23M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is 99220, — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoOBSERVATION EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, P.C.
DETROIT, MI 48236
DETROIT, MI 48236
33aNPI1497920524assigned 04/29/2008
33bProvider typeEmergency Medicine Physician
28Total paid$3.23M
24GClaims58,168
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Michigan
Rank by total paid#35 of 248
Median peer was paid$57K
This provider vs. median57×
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 MURTAUGH, STEPHEN controls 13+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 10,375 | $538K | |
| 2019 | 10,123 | $543K | |
| 2020 | 7,881 | $431K | |
| 2021 | 8,247 | $445K | |
| 2022 | 9,606 | $505K | |
| 2023 | 8,170 | $519K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,766 | $252K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99220 | 36% | 12,070 | 11,660 | $1.17M | |
| 99236 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 24% | 6,512 | 6,391 | $774K |
| 99217 | 16% | 13,154 | 12,659 | $513K | |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 9.9% | 3,193 | 3,116 | $321K |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 3.7% | 1,868 | 1,833 | $120K |
| 99219 | 2.4% | 1,075 | 1,062 | $77K | |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 2.3% | 1,655 | 1,639 | $76K |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 1.9% | 807 | 801 | $63K |
| 99235 | 1.9% | 658 | 650 | $61K | |
| 93010 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | <1% | 6,008 | 5,779 | $22K |
| 99406 | <1% | 2,244 | 2,193 | $14K | |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | <1% | 123 | 121 | $9K |
7 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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialMURTAUGH, STEPHEN (CFO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Department Physicians, P.C. | Detroit, MI | $41.28M |
| Emergency Professionals of Michigan, P.C. | Dearborn, MI | $35.24M |
| Mercy Emergency Care Services, INC. | Toledo, OH | $30.56M |
| Emergency Physician Associates of North Jersey P C | Summit, NJ | $16.47M |
| Emergency Physician Associates of Pennsylvania, PC | Hanover, PA | $9.85M |
| Emergency Physician Services of New Jersey,professional Association | Mount Holly, NJ | $8.01M |
| Emergency Care Services of New England PC | North Providence, RI | $6.96M |
| Epn of Nebraska LLC | Omaha, NE | $5.65M |
| Emergency Physician Associates of Nebraska PC | Omaha, NE | $4.91M |
| Premier Emergency Care Services, INC. | Middletown, OH | $4.86M |
| Emergency Physician Associates of Indiana PC | East Chicago, IN | $4.67M |
| Connecticut Team Physicians, PC | Milford, CT | $146K |
| Wisconsin Physician Services SC | Watertown, WI | $121K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.