Akula, Shiva

Akula, Shiva was paid $141K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2021, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 99232, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day — 88% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoAKULA, SHIVA
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115

33aNPI1679643639assigned 11/08/2006

33bProvider typeInfectious Disease Physician

28Total paid$141K

24GClaims4,079

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2021

Compared with peers

Next to other Infectious Disease Physician providers in Louisiana

Rank by total paid#8 of 20

Median peer was paid$66K

This provider vs. median2.1×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

OIG exclusionListed on the federal exclusion list (11/20/2024).

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	2,367	$67K
2019	1,517	$66K
2021	195	$7K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99232	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity	88%	3,842	495	$124K
99223	Prolong inpt eval add15 m	8.2%	151	119	$12K
99233	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m	3.3%	72	13	$5K
99222	Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity	<1%	14	14	$768.15

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.