Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Altman, Benjamin

Altman, Benjamin was paid $127K by Medicaid between Aug 2018 and Mar 2020, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 54% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoALTMAN, BENJAMIN
BRISTOL, TN 37620
33aNPI1619942380assigned 02/17/2006
28Total paid$127K
24GClaims2,626
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthAug 2018 – Mar 2020
Compared with peers

Next to other Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Tennessee

Rank by total paid#89 of 332
Median peer was paid$56K
This provider vs. median2.3×

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

$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
2018855$36K
20191,480$76K
2020291$15K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 54% 1,132 967 $69K
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 32% 806 698 $41K
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 14% 600 502 $18K
93010 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only <1% 88 75 $226.48

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.