Clinic
Howard R. Strauss, DDS, PA
Howard R. Strauss, DDS, PA was paid $1.51M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is D7240, Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony — 67% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOWARD R. STRAUSS, DDS, PA
CUMBERLAND, MD 21502
CUMBERLAND, MD 21502
33aNPI1619970712assigned 05/23/2005
33bProvider typeOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic/Center
28Total paid$1.51M
24GClaims10,232
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic/Center providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#2 of 8
Median peer was paid$231K
This provider vs. median6.5×
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 | 1,379 | $216K | |
| 2019 | 1,214 | $169K | |
| 2020 | 1,322 | $188K | |
| 2021 | 1,267 | $169K | |
| 2022 | 1,326 | $165K | |
| 2023 | 2,248 | $342K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,476 | $260K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | 67% | 3,673 | 1,119 | $1.01M |
| D9223 | Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment | 14% | 1,545 | 1,479 | $209K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 7.2% | 2,099 | 2,049 | $109K |
| D9222 | 7.0% | 1,507 | 1,481 | $106K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.4% | 1,209 | 1,178 | $52K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 1.1% | 159 | 54 | $17K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 40 | 40 | $2K |
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 officialSTRAUSS, HOWARD (PRESIDENT)