Clinic
West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC.
West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC. was paid $284K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2022, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 43% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.
PAHOA, HI 96778
PAHOA, HI 96778
33aNPI1689814022assigned 02/25/2009
33bProvider typeFederally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
28Total paid$284K
24GClaims4,124
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providers in Hawaii
Rank by total paid#21 of 31
Median peer was paid$614K
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official TAAFFE, RICHARD controls 12+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 1,941 | $125K | |
| 2019 | 1,763 | $103K | |
| 2020 | 176 | $22K | |
| 2021 | 66 | $12K | |
| 2022 | 178 | $22K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 43% | 608 | 546 | $123K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 22% | 308 | 308 | $64K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | 17% | 234 | 234 | $48K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 11% | 148 | 147 | $30K |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | 3.5% | 49 | 49 | $10K |
| 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 | 2.3% | 28 | 25 | $7K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | <1% | 12 | 12 | $2K |
| 90472 | Immunization administration, each additional vaccine (list separately) | 0% | 410 | 409 | $0.00 |
| 99173 | 0% | 579 | 578 | $0.00 | |
| 92551 | 0% | 424 | 424 | $0.00 | |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | 0% | 514 | 512 | $0.00 |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | 0% | 798 | 794 | $0.00 |
1 more codes
| 90474 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialTAAFFE, RICHARD (CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC. | Kailua-kona, HI | $46.79M |
| WHCHC - Hawaii Island Community Health Center | Hilo, HI | $8.04M |
| West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC. | Hilo, HI | $7.14M |
| West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC. | Pahoa, HI | $1.96M |
| West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC. | Keaau, HI | $1.59M |
| West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC. | Hilo, HI | $554K |
| West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC. | Kailua Kona, HI | $335K |
| West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC. | Na'alehu, HI | $300K |
| West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC. | Kealakekua, HI | $258K |
| West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC. | Waikoloa, HI | $7K |
| West Hawaii Community Health Center, INC. | Hilo, HI | $3K |
| West Hawaii Community Health Center INC. | Kealakekua, HI | $0.00 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.