Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Alvarez, Karen

Alvarez, Karen was paid $157K by Medicaid between May 2022 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 92004, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient — 28% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoALVAREZ, KAREN
HOLLYWOOD, FL 33021
33aNPI1689800344assigned 06/08/2009
33bProvider typeOphthalmology Physician
28Total paid$157K
24GClaims3,289
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthMay 2022 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Ophthalmology Physician providers in Florida

Rank by total paid#42 of 262
Median peer was paid$9K
This provider vs. median18×

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$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2022940$23K
20231,138$71K
2024incomplete1,211$63K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
92004 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient 28% 783 512 $45K
99204 Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity 22% 326 288 $35K
99214 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity 15% 383 340 $23K
92014 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient 14% 376 262 $23K
92012 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient 10.0% 361 225 $16K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 4.8% 192 160 $8K
92060 2.7% 140 101 $4K
92015 Determination of refractive state 2.6% 728 526 $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.