Melstrom, Richard
Melstrom, Richard was paid $10K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2021, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is S0621, Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; established patient — 46% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMELSTROM, RICHARD
CADILLAC, MI 49601
CADILLAC, MI 49601
33aNPI1679559322assigned 12/15/2005
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$10K
24GClaims348
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Michigan
Rank by total paid#308 of 497
Median peer was paid$21K
This provider vs. median0.5×
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 | 254 | $7K | |
| 2019 | 67 | $2K | |
| 2020 | 12 | $560.55 | |
| 2021 | 15 | $296.71 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S0621 | Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; established patient | 46% | 100 | 100 | $5K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 29% | 150 | 150 | $3K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 12% | 38 | 38 | $1K |
| S0620 | Routine ophthalmological examination including refraction; new patient | 12% | 27 | 27 | $1K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | <1% | 33 | 33 | $22.18 |
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.