Dental
Alford, Kara
Alford, Kara was paid $73K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2021, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 41% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoALFORD, KARA
MORTON, MS 39117
MORTON, MS 39117
33aNPI1508951286assigned 10/04/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$73K
24GClaims1,282
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Mississippi
Rank by total paid#194 of 379
Median peer was paid$78K
This provider vs. median0.9×
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 | 872 | $58K | |
| 2019 | 74 | $3K | |
| 2020 | 277 | $10K | |
| 2021 | 59 | $2K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 41% | 303 | 148 | $30K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 19% | 177 | 97 | $14K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 9.5% | 250 | 231 | $7K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 8.9% | 155 | 154 | $7K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.5% | 42 | 26 | $5K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 4.1% | 36 | 17 | $3K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 3.5% | 117 | 98 | $3K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 3.3% | 66 | 63 | $2K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 27 | 27 | $714.99 |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 52 | 50 | $462.80 |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | <1% | 14 | 14 | $405.76 |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 14 | 14 | $276.17 |
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.