Vela, Edward

Vela, Edward was paid $18K by Medicaid between May 2018 and Jun 2020, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 32% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoVELA, EDWARD
RATCLIFF, AR 72951

33aNPI1699707661assigned 07/07/2006

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$18K

24GClaims697

24DCodes billed5

24AFirst – last monthMay 2018 – Jun 2020

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Arkansas

Rank by total paid#140 of 211

Median peer was paid$44K

This provider vs. median0.4×

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	108	$2K
2019	487	$13K
2020	102	$2K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	32%	237	227	$6K
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	31%	246	238	$6K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	23%	99	95	$4K
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	11%	103	101	$2K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	2.0%	12	12	$361.00

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.