Dental
Richard a Rips DDS
Richard a Rips DDS was paid $16K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2020, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 73% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRICHARD A RIPS DDS
CHARITON, IA 50049
CHARITON, IA 50049
33aNPI1588831887assigned 05/15/2008
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$16K
24GClaims564
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#243 of 437
Median peer was paid$22K
This provider vs. median0.7×
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 | 260 | $7K | |
| 2019 | 292 | $8K | |
| 2020 | 12 | $394.02 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 73% | 327 | 319 | $11K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 19% | 187 | 182 | $3K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 7.9% | 50 | 49 | $1K |
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 officialRIPS, RICHARD (OWNER)