Physician
Desert Medical Specialists INC
Desert Medical Specialists INC was paid $191.50 by Medicaid between Sep 2018 and Aug 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESERT MEDICAL SPECIALISTS INC
INDIO, CA 92201
INDIO, CA 92201
33aNPI1568789725assigned 04/28/2010
33bProvider typeInternal Medicine Physician
28Total paid$191.50
24GClaims3,445
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthSep 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#2,307 of 2,679
Median peer was paid$13K
This provider vs. median0.0×
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 | 74 | $95.75 | |
| 2019 | 276 | $95.75 | |
| 2020 | 172 | $0.00 | |
| 2021 | 344 | $0.00 | |
| 2022 | 842 | $0.00 | |
| 2023 | 954 | $0.00 | |
| 2024incomplete | 783 | $0.00 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100% | 261 | 258 | $191.50 |
| 97802 | 0% | 14 | 14 | $0.00 | |
| G8510 | Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | 0% | 357 | 357 | $0.00 |
| 3008F | 0% | 709 | 709 | $0.00 | |
| 96127 | 0% | 387 | 387 | $0.00 | |
| 3074F | 0% | 121 | 121 | $0.00 | |
| 1126F | 0% | 59 | 59 | $0.00 | |
| 99406 | 0% | 224 | 224 | $0.00 | |
| 1220F | 0% | 108 | 108 | $0.00 | |
| G0447 | Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes | 0% | 13 | 13 | $0.00 |
| 3079F | 0% | 27 | 27 | $0.00 | |
| 99396 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 40-64 years | 0% | 148 | 148 | $0.00 |
6 more codes
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 officialLEE, MICHAEL (PRESIDENT)
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