Dental
Central Orthodontic Associates INC
Central Orthodontic Associates INC was paid $4.54M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 66% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCENTRAL ORTHODONTIC ASSOCIATES INC
FITCHBURG, MA 01420
FITCHBURG, MA 01420
33aNPI1730312869assigned 08/24/2009
33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist
28Total paid$4.54M
24GClaims18,685
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#11 of 116
Median peer was paid$460K
This provider vs. median9.9×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,113 | $709K | |
| 2019 | 2,909 | $629K | |
| 2020 | 2,352 | $510K | |
| 2021 | 2,565 | $634K | |
| 2022 | 2,452 | $659K | |
| 2023 | 2,837 | $717K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,457 | $682K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 66% | 12,309 | 11,504 | $2.99M |
| D8080 | Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition | 24% | 970 | 887 | $1.07M |
| D8680 | 6.2% | 3,311 | 3,066 | $282K | |
| D8690 | 2.0% | 754 | 741 | $89K | |
| D8660 | 1.9% | 974 | 946 | $84K | |
| D9310 | <1% | 203 | 195 | $11K | |
| D8692 | <1% | 107 | 67 | $9K | |
| D8999 | <1% | 31 | 28 | $1K | |
| D8704 | <1% | 13 | 13 | $1K | |
| D8703 | <1% | 13 | 13 | $855.00 |
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 officialASSIOUN, PATRICK (CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Family Orthodontics | Westborough, MA | $1.40M |
| Milford Orthodontic Associates | Milford, MA | $984K |
| Medfield Orthodontic Associates | Medfield, MA | $433K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.