Howard, James
Howard, James was paid $30K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Feb 2020, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 32% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOWARD, JAMES
SENECA, SC 29678
SENECA, SC 29678
33aNPI1659586410assigned 05/14/2007
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$30K
24GClaims927
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Feb 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#193 of 425
Median peer was paid$22K
This provider vs. median1.4×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 539 | $18K | |
| 2019 | 333 | $10K | |
| 2020 | 55 | $2K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 32% | 133 | 133 | $10K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 28% | 108 | 108 | $8K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 27% | 413 | 413 | $8K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 13% | 273 | 273 | $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.