Nicola, Paula

Nicola, Paula was paid $38K by Medicaid between Nov 2018 and Oct 2023, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 92499, — 60% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoNICOLA, PAULA
CHATTANOOGA, TN 37403

33aNPI1659319010assigned 06/04/2006

33bProvider typeAddiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician

28Total paid$38K

24GClaims258

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthNov 2018 – Oct 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician providers in Tennessee

Rank by total paid#4 of 9

Median peer was paid$9K

This provider vs. median4.3×

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

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	13	$2K
2019	76	$9K
2020	34	$4K
2021	39	$6K
2022	45	$8K
2023	51	$9K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
92499		60%	137	131	$23K
92012	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient	29%	94	88	$11K
92014	Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient	11%	27	27	$4K

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.