Clinic
1ST Choice Healthcare INC
1ST Choice Healthcare INC was paid $2.38M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 36 billing codes. Its largest line is T1015, a visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate) — 96% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider info1ST CHOICE HEALTHCARE INC
PARAGOULD, AR 72450
PARAGOULD, AR 72450
33aNPI1730568189assigned 05/19/2015
33bProvider typeFederally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
28Total paid$2.38M
24GClaims28,349
24DCodes billed36
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#29 of 180
Median peer was paid$713K
This provider vs. median3.3×
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 | 2,835 | $224K | |
| 2019 | 2,982 | $244K | |
| 2020 | 2,412 | $208K | |
| 2021 | 4,166 | $391K | |
| 2022 | 6,266 | $467K | |
| 2023 | 6,046 | $449K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,642 | $394K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 96% | 15,468 | 12,851 | $2.28M |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 1.4% | 712 | 617 | $34K |
| G0467 | Community health center visit, returning patientFederally qualified health center (fqhc) visit, established patient; a medically-necessary, face-to-face encounter (one-on-one) between an established patient and a fqhc practitioner during which time one or more fqhc services are rendered and includes a typical bundle of medicare-covered services that would be furnished per diem to a patient receiving a fqhc visit | 1.2% | 1,424 | 1,204 | $29K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | <1% | 333 | 289 | $15K |
| G0511 | Rural health clinic or federally qualified health center (rhc or fqhc) only, general care management, 20 minutes or more of clinical staff time for chronic care management services or behavioral health integration services directed by an rhc or fqhc practitioner (physician, np, pa, or cnm), per calendar month | <1% | 549 | 507 | $5K |
| 90670 | <1% | 297 | 288 | $3K | |
| 90680 | <1% | 200 | 196 | $2K | |
| 0001A | <1% | 30 | 28 | $2K | |
| 90697 | <1% | 193 | 183 | $2K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 2,286 | 2,017 | $2K |
| 0002A | <1% | 30 | 28 | $2K | |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | <1% | 38 | 30 | $1K |
24 more codes
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 2,385 | $1K |
| 87811 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 40 | $1K |
| 90756 | <1% | 76 | $777.15 | |
| 90723 | <1% | 76 | $730.00 | |
| 90647 | <1% | 72 | $680.00 | |
| 90677 | <1% | 59 | $550.00 | |
| 90688 | <1% | 44 | $390.28 | |
| 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% | 30 | $213.28 |
| 90686 | <1% | 16 | $120.00 | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 42 | $32.00 |
| 90656 | <1% | 18 | $20.00 | |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | <1% | 1,224 | $17.63 |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 1,426 | $12.89 |
| 81003 | <1% | 204 | $3.20 | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 0% | 182 | $0.00 |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 0% | 14 | $0.00 |
| 87430 | 0% | 34 | $0.00 | |
| 85018 | 0% | 17 | $0.00 | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 0% | 13 | $0.00 |
| 87631 | 0% | 351 | $0.00 | |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 0% | 274 | $0.00 |
| 87400 | 0% | 104 | $0.00 | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | 0% | 76 | $0.00 |
| 99490 | Ccm add 20min | 0% | 12 | $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 officialSTEVENS, SYDNEY (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER)
Parent organization1ST CHOICE HEALTHCARE, INC.
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Pocahontas, AR | $6.86M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Corning, AR | $4.11M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Walnut Ridge, AR | $3.04M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Salem, AR | $1.48M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Highland, AR | $1.12M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.