Physician
First Care Family Medicine-Mena PLLC
First Care Family Medicine-Mena PLLC was paid $139K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 51% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFIRST CARE FAMILY MEDICINE-MENA PLLC
MENA, AR 71953
MENA, AR 71953
33aNPI1619410040assigned 12/03/2016
33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician
28Total paid$139K
24GClaims7,176
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#169 of 437
Median peer was paid$70K
This provider vs. median2.0×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official SOUTHERLAND, BRENDA controls 11+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 1,227 | $24K | |
| 2019 | 1,395 | $40K | |
| 2020 | 726 | $24K | |
| 2021 | 481 | $13K | |
| 2022 | 655 | $17K | |
| 2023 | 1,783 | $15K | |
| 2024incomplete | 909 | $5K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 51% | 2,085 | 1,603 | $71K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 24% | 1,557 | 1,274 | $33K |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 9.5% | 150 | 127 | $13K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 8.7% | 352 | 287 | $12K |
| U0002 | 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc | 2.3% | 76 | 74 | $3K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 1.4% | 217 | 178 | $2K |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | 1.1% | 111 | 82 | $2K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 65 | 57 | $1K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | <1% | 124 | 86 | $902.42 |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 137 | 105 | $616.49 |
| 99201 | <1% | 13 | 12 | $224.55 | |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | <1% | 30 | 26 | $199.76 |
12 more codes
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | <1% | 32 | $153.93 |
| 1159F | 0% | 285 | $0.00 | |
| 1160F | 0% | 285 | $0.00 | |
| 3078F | 0% | 167 | $0.00 | |
| 81003 | 0% | 21 | $0.00 | |
| 3725F | 0% | 15 | $0.00 | |
| 1126F | 0% | 235 | $0.00 | |
| 1125F | 0% | 147 | $0.00 | |
| 3008F | 0% | 420 | $0.00 | |
| 3074F | 0% | 224 | $0.00 | |
| 1036F | 0% | 416 | $0.00 | |
| 3079F | 0% | 12 | $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 officialSOUTHERLAND, BRENDA (BUSINESS OFFICE MANAGER)
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|---|---|---|
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| Healthstar Physicians of Hot Springs, PLLC | Hot Springs, AR | $237K |
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| Healthstar Physicians Practice Management PLLC | Hot Springs, AR | $32K |
| Healthstar Physicians of Hot Springs, PLLC | Hot Springs, AR | $18K |
| Healthstar Physicians of Hot Springs, PLLC | Hot Springs, AR | $12K |
| Healthstar Physicians of Hot Springs, PLLC | Pearcy, AR | $2K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.