Nwuguwo, Kierian

Nwuguwo, Kierian was paid $57K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2021, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 41% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoNWUGUWO, KIERIAN
VESTAL, NY 13850

33aNPI1538140462assigned 11/08/2005

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$57K

24GClaims1,463

24DCodes billed9

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2021

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in New York

Rank by total paid#787 of 1,649

Median peer was paid$49K

This provider vs. median1.1×

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.

OIG exclusionListed on the federal exclusion list (10/19/2023).

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	457	$15K
2019	491	$18K
2020	176	$8K
2021	339	$16K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	41%	819	819	$23K
D2392	Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent	23%	156	89	$13K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	11%	110	110	$6K
D2391	Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent	11%	102	42	$6K
D0150	Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient	7.0%	148	148	$4K
D7210	Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth	3.7%	20	12	$2K
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	2.5%	67	67	$1K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	<1%	17	17	$290.50
D1999		0%	24	23	$0.00

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.