Physician
Tamer Acikalin MD a Professional Medical Corporation
Tamer Acikalin MD a Professional Medical Corporation was paid $43K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2022, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 43239, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple — 51% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTAMER ACIKALIN MD A PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION
MARRERO, LA 70072
MARRERO, LA 70072
33aNPI1720301112assigned 03/12/2010
33bProvider typeInternal Medicine Physician
28Total paid$43K
24GClaims1,179
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#127 of 290
Median peer was paid$27K
This provider vs. median1.6×
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 | 402 | $13K | |
| 2019 | 437 | $11K | |
| 2020 | 162 | $5K | |
| 2021 | 65 | $4K | |
| 2022 | 113 | $11K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43239 | Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple | 51% | 155 | 152 | $22K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 23% | 415 | 393 | $10K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 15% | 146 | 143 | $7K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 4.3% | 216 | 88 | $2K |
| 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 | 2.4% | 27 | 25 | $1K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 2.3% | 76 | 37 | $997.80 |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 1.4% | 12 | 12 | $627.70 |
| G8427 | Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications | 0% | 61 | 51 | $0.00 |
| G9903 | Patient screened for tobacco use and identified as a tobacco non-user | 0% | 71 | 60 | $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 officialACIKALIN, TAMER (OWNER)