Dick S. Whitaker, O.D.
Dick S. Whitaker, O.D. was paid $361K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2023, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDICK S. WHITAKER, O.D.
NATCHEZ, MS 39120
NATCHEZ, MS 39120
33aNPI1609017177assigned 03/13/2009
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$361K
24GClaims22,814
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Mississippi
Rank by total paid#84 of 437
Median peer was paid$91K
This provider vs. median4.0×
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 | 3,277 | $63K | |
| 2019 | 2,429 | $47K | |
| 2020 | 2,218 | $45K | |
| 2021 | 4,481 | $90K | |
| 2022 | 5,256 | $115K | |
| 2023 | 5,153 | $0.00 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 36% | 2,385 | 2,090 | $129K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 19% | 908 | 836 | $69K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 19% | 3,659 | 3,265 | $68K |
| V2103 | Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens | 10% | 1,724 | 1,576 | $37K |
| V2203 | Spherocylinder, bifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens | 8.9% | 565 | 466 | $32K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 3.2% | 3,494 | 3,120 | $11K |
| 92012 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient | 1.8% | 150 | 143 | $7K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | <1% | 1,092 | 925 | $3K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 216 | 215 | $3K |
| 92341 | <1% | 418 | 290 | $740.84 | |
| V2100 | Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens | <1% | 49 | 37 | $606.70 |
| G8427 | Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications | 0% | 4,329 | 3,767 | $0.00 |
7 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 officialWHITAKER, DICK (OWNER)