Physician
Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC
Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC was paid $502K by Medicaid between Jul 2020 and Dec 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVANGUARD MEDICAL SPECIALISTS LLC
PUEBLO, CO 81008
PUEBLO, CO 81008
33aNPI1639799257assigned 04/23/2020
33bProvider typeMOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician
28Total paid$502K
24GClaims8,318
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJul 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other MOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician providers in Colorado
Rank by total paid#4 of 17
Median peer was paid$146K
This provider vs. median3.4×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 564 | $29K | |
| 2021 | 1,456 | $89K | |
| 2022 | 1,823 | $109K | |
| 2023 | 2,484 | $150K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,991 | $125K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 36% | 3,870 | 3,502 | $181K |
| 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 | 28% | 1,752 | 1,627 | $138K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 20% | 1,450 | 1,282 | $102K |
| 17311 | 5.9% | 157 | 124 | $29K | |
| 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 | 4.8% | 250 | 225 | $24K |
| 11102 | 2.3% | 337 | 302 | $12K | |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | 1.3% | 120 | 114 | $6K |
| 17000 | <1% | 223 | 192 | $4K | |
| 17312 | <1% | 27 | 24 | $2K | |
| 17110 | <1% | 53 | 51 | $2K | |
| 17003 | <1% | 49 | 37 | $625.65 | |
| 11103 | <1% | 30 | 25 | $325.92 |
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 officialGUST-ALLEN, AMBER (REVENUE CYCLE MANAGER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $1.15M |
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $939K |
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $377K |
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $146K |
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Canon City, CO | $22K |
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Woodland Park, CO | $5K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.