Fess, Kara

Fess, Kara was paid $51K by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and Oct 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 51% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFESS, KARA
LA SALLE, IL 61301

33aNPI1700843950assigned 04/28/2006

33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician

28Total paid$51K

24GClaims1,086

24DCodes billed6

24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – Oct 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#1,364 of 2,947

Median peer was paid$43K

This provider vs. median1.2×

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	45	$506.65
2019	79	$2K
2020	34	$448.46
2023	449	$21K
2024incomplete	479	$28K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
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	51%	431	369	$26K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	46%	550	452	$24K
90734		1.3%	42	40	$670.20
G2012	Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion	<1%	34	33	$448.46
90715		<1%	12	12	$96.10
90686		<1%	17	17	$57.60

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.