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Howards Optical INC

Howards Optical INC was paid $79K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is V2020, Frames, purchases — 57% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHOWARDS OPTICAL INC
WICHITA, KS 67212
33aNPI1568574093assigned 08/31/2006
33bProvider typeEyewear Supplier
28Total paid$79K
24GClaims2,571
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Eyewear Supplier providers in Kansas

Rank by total paid#2 of 9
Median peer was paid$8K
This provider vs. median9.6×

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

$0$2.0K$4.0K$6.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2018364$8K
2019440$14K
2020355$10K
2021281$8K
2022466$15K
2023398$14K
2024incomplete267$10K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
V2020 Frames, purchases 57% 1,094 1,016 $45K
V2760 Scratch resistant coating, per lens 21% 1,077 1,001 $16K
V2100 Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens 13% 239 214 $10K
V2784 Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens 8.6% 161 139 $7K

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 officialNORDYKE, MARK (MANAGING DIRECTOR)