Physician
Howells, Richard
Howells, Richard was paid $128K by Medicaid between Nov 2020 and Dec 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 41% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOWELLS, RICHARD
ALTOONA, PA 16601
ALTOONA, PA 16601
33aNPI1720085814assigned 07/05/2005
33bProvider typeOtolaryngology Physician
28Total paid$128K
24GClaims2,855
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthNov 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Otolaryngology Physician providers in Pennsylvania
Rank by total paid#28 of 136
Median peer was paid$13K
This provider vs. median9.7×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 83 | $4K | |
| 2021 | 713 | $35K | |
| 2022 | 1,057 | $54K | |
| 2023 | 321 | $15K | |
| 2024incomplete | 681 | $20K |
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 | 41% | 909 | 874 | $52K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 28% | 961 | 937 | $36K |
| 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 | 15% | 196 | 195 | $19K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 12% | 283 | 282 | $16K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 4.7% | 226 | 225 | $6K |
| 1036F | 0% | 82 | 81 | $0.00 | |
| G9903 | Patient screened for tobacco use and identified as a tobacco non-user | 0% | 82 | 81 | $0.00 |
| G8427 | Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications | 0% | 61 | 61 | $0.00 |
| G8417 | Bmi is documented above normal parameters and a follow-up plan is documented | 0% | 55 | 54 | $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.