Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Lala, Asif

Lala, Asif was paid $761K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is D7240, Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony — 28% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLALA, ASIF
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
33aNPI1649425596assigned 11/19/2008
28Total paid$761K
24GClaims8,809
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in Mississippi

Rank by total paid#12 of 39
Median peer was paid$319K
This provider vs. median2.4×

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

$0$25K$50K$75K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20185,053$390K
2019923$87K
2020717$67K
2021734$69K
20221,001$117K
2023185$15K
2024incomplete196$15K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D7240 Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony 28% 1,225 384 $217K
D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth 24% 1,796 604 $182K
D9223 Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment 19% 2,237 988 $141K
D9222 13% 986 934 $97K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused 8.9% 1,961 1,790 $67K
D7230 4.3% 166 98 $33K
D9243 1.9% 280 80 $14K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image <1% 122 119 $6K
D9239 <1% 36 35 $3K

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.