Followell, Joseph
Followell, Joseph was paid $60K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2019, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 92340, Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFOLLOWELL, JOSEPH
VAN BUREN, AR 72956
VAN BUREN, AR 72956
33aNPI1578753364assigned 07/27/2007
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$60K
24GClaims1,774
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2019
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#201 of 354
Median peer was paid$79K
This provider vs. median0.8×
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 | 1,321 | $46K | |
| 2019 | 453 | $15K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 37% | 504 | 473 | $23K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 37% | 466 | 434 | $23K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 15% | 132 | 132 | $9K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 9.7% | 672 | 635 | $6K |
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.