Agency
Howard County Health Department
Howard County Health Department was paid $63K by Medicaid between Nov 2021 and Nov 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 68% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOWARD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
COLUMBIA, MD 21045
COLUMBIA, MD 21045
33aNPI1689941957assigned 11/30/2011
33bProvider typePublic Health or Welfare Agency
28Total paid$63K
24GClaims934
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthNov 2021 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Public Health or Welfare Agency providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#30 of 55
Median peer was paid$71K
This provider vs. median0.9×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | $0.00 | |
| 2022 | 64 | $2K | |
| 2023 | 349 | $28K | |
| 2024incomplete | 507 | $33K |
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 | 68% | 480 | 415 | $43K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 11% | 63 | 60 | $7K |
| 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 | 6.6% | 32 | 31 | $4K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 5.7% | 64 | 53 | $4K |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | 2.7% | 25 | 24 | $2K |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 2.4% | 44 | 40 | $1K |
| 92552 | 1.1% | 30 | 30 | $711.20 | |
| 90744 | <1% | 30 | 25 | $488.88 | |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 31 | 28 | $354.78 |
| 90715 | <1% | 21 | 13 | $162.96 | |
| 96160 | <1% | 46 | 42 | $108.03 | |
| 96127 | <1% | 25 | 23 | $89.49 |
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 officialMCKNIGHT, CARLETTA (FISCAL ACCTS CLERK MANAGER)