Buffington, Kathleen
Buffington, Kathleen was paid $15K by Medicaid between Sep 2019 and Oct 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 92065, — 61% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBUFFINGTON, KATHLEEN
WOODRUFF, WI 54568
WOODRUFF, WI 54568
33aNPI1568535722assigned 11/16/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$15K
24GClaims704
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthSep 2019 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Wisconsin
Rank by total paid#168 of 412
Median peer was paid$7K
This provider vs. median2.2×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13 | $118.64 | |
| 2020 | 39 | $520.92 | |
| 2021 | 31 | $258.72 | |
| 2022 | 102 | $2K | |
| 2023 | 334 | $7K | |
| 2024incomplete | 185 | $4K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92065 | 61% | 376 | 130 | $9K | |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 16% | 63 | 58 | $2K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 11% | 187 | 174 | $2K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 11% | 78 | 76 | $2K |
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.