Physician
Lake Michigan Observation Services PLLC
Lake Michigan Observation Services PLLC was paid $213K by Medicaid between Jan 2022 and Nov 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99236, Prolong inpt eval add15 m — 53% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLAKE MICHIGAN OBSERVATION SERVICES PLLC
MUSKEGON, MI 49444
MUSKEGON, MI 49444
33aNPI1518626043assigned 12/13/2021
33bProvider typeEmergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician
28Total paid$213K
24GClaims2,439
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2022 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician providers in Michigan
Rank by total paid#15 of 26
Median peer was paid$234K
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 953 | $69K | |
| 2023 | 1,100 | $100K | |
| 2024incomplete | 386 | $45K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99236 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 53% | 969 | 931 | $112K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 12% | 275 | 264 | $26K |
| 99220 | 11% | 258 | 246 | $24K | |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 9.5% | 331 | 317 | $20K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 7.3% | 195 | 70 | $15K |
| 99217 | 5.8% | 355 | 346 | $12K | |
| 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 | <1% | 40 | 16 | $2K |
| 99234 | <1% | 16 | 15 | $1K |
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 officialWHITAKER, MARC (PRESIDENT)
Parent organizationLAKE MICHIGAN EMERGENCY SPECIALISTS
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Michigan Emergency Specialists, PLLC | Muskegon, MI | $16.96M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.