Clinic
1ST Choice Healthcare INC
1ST Choice Healthcare INC was paid $3.04M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 31 billing codes. Its largest line is T1015, a visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate) — 98% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider info1ST CHOICE HEALTHCARE INC
WALNUT RIDGE, AR 72476
WALNUT RIDGE, AR 72476
33aNPI1598711152assigned 05/25/2006
33bProvider typeFederally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
28Total paid$3.04M
24GClaims40,700
24DCodes billed31
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#22 of 180
Median peer was paid$713K
This provider vs. median4.3×
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 | 7,652 | $473K | |
| 2019 | 7,360 | $504K | |
| 2020 | 5,339 | $357K | |
| 2021 | 5,768 | $478K | |
| 2022 | 6,448 | $490K | |
| 2023 | 5,566 | $421K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,567 | $314K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 98% | 20,455 | 16,173 | $2.97M |
| G0467 | Community health center visit, returning patientFederally qualified health center (fqhc) visit, established patient; a medically-necessary, face-to-face encounter (one-on-one) between an established patient and a fqhc practitioner during which time one or more fqhc services are rendered and includes a typical bundle of medicare-covered services that would be furnished per diem to a patient receiving a fqhc visit | 1.4% | 2,632 | 2,158 | $44K |
| G2025 | Payment for a telehealth distant site service furnished by a rural health clinic (rhc) or federally qualified health center (fqhc) only | <1% | 280 | 243 | $10K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 4,083 | 3,726 | $10K |
| G2012 | Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion | <1% | 231 | 143 | $2K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | <1% | 19 | 19 | $1K |
| 87811 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 41 | 41 | $951.74 |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | <1% | 12 | 12 | $507.69 |
| 90688 | <1% | 23 | 21 | $181.64 | |
| G0071 | Payment for communication technology-based services for 5 minutes or more of a virtual (non-face-to-face) communication between an rural health clinic (rhc) or federally qualified health center (fqhc) practitioner and rhc or fqhc patient, or 5 minutes or more of remote evaluation of recorded video and/or images by an rhc or fqhc practitioner, occurring in lieu of an office visit; rhc or fqhc only | <1% | 67 | 61 | $166.00 |
| 90686 | <1% | 15 | 13 | $114.72 | |
| 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 | <1% | 1,190 | 1,105 | $33.00 |
19 more codes
| 80061 | Lipid panel | <1% | 533 | $18.33 |
| 81003 | <1% | 1,062 | $3.20 | |
| 87631 | 0% | 772 | $0.00 | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 0% | 12 | $0.00 |
| 87400 | 0% | 825 | $0.00 | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | 0% | 82 | $0.00 |
| 87420 | 0% | 43 | $0.00 | |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 0% | 15 | $0.00 |
| Q2038 | Influenza virus vaccine, split virus, when administered to individuals 3 years of age and older, for intramuscular use (fluzone) | 0% | 27 | $0.00 |
| 3078F | 0% | 15 | $0.00 | |
| 87430 | 0% | 1,087 | $0.00 | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | 0% | 2,287 | $0.00 |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 0% | 2,065 | $0.00 |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 0% | 2,157 | $0.00 |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 0% | 421 | $0.00 |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 0% | 192 | $0.00 |
| 3044F | 0% | 16 | $0.00 | |
| G0008 | Administration of influenza virus vaccine | 0% | 27 | $0.00 |
| 3074F | 0% | 14 | $0.00 |
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 officialSTEVENS, SYDNEY (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER)
Parent organization1ST CHOICE HEALTHCARE, INC.
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Pocahontas, AR | $6.86M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Corning, AR | $4.11M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Paragould, AR | $2.38M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Salem, AR | $1.48M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Highland, AR | $1.12M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.