Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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The Ophthalmology Group, LLC

The Ophthalmology Group, LLC was paid $143K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 67028, Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent — 45% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoTHE OPHTHALMOLOGY GROUP, LLC
PADUCAH, KY 42001
33aNPI1598717027assigned 05/16/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$143K
24GClaims5,184
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Optometrist providers in Kentucky

Rank by total paid#310 of 683
Median peer was paid$123K
This provider vs. median1.2×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official GIRA, JOSEPH controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20181,080$25K
2019959$22K
2020642$16K
2021543$13K
2022747$24K
2023814$32K
2024incomplete399$11K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
67028 Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent 45% 1,369 1,287 $64K
92134 22% 2,338 2,181 $31K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 20% 1,041 928 $29K
J0178 Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg 4.4% 20 12 $6K
99203 Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity 3.4% 85 77 $5K
99204 Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity 2.9% 53 49 $4K
J3590 Unclassified biologics <1% 103 80 $1K
99212 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward <1% 128 121 $935.36
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% 19 15 $686.65
92133 <1% 15 12 $252.71
92136 <1% 13 12 $142.46

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.

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Authorized officialGIRA, JOSEPH (OWNER)
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