Physician
Curana Health of Iowa PLLC
Curana Health of Iowa PLLC was paid $425K by Medicaid between Apr 2021 and Dec 2024, across 29 billing codes. Its largest line is 99309, Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity — 67% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCURANA HEALTH OF IOWA PLLC
OSCEOLA, IA 50213
OSCEOLA, IA 50213
33aNPI1730773714assigned 02/22/2021
33bProvider typeInternal Medicine Physician
28Total paid$425K
24GClaims68,016
24DCodes billed29
24AFirst – last monthApr 2021 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#14 of 65
Median peer was paid$11K
This provider vs. median38×
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.
Auditor's notes
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 735 | $4K | |
| 2022 | 8,274 | $71K | |
| 2023 | 31,429 | $152K | |
| 2024incomplete | 27,578 | $197K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99309 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity | 67% | 22,927 | 13,747 | $283K |
| 99310 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | 23% | 16,285 | 10,201 | $98K |
| 99306 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | 4.7% | 1,313 | 1,176 | $20K |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward | 1.7% | 1,439 | 827 | $7K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 1.2% | 237 | 207 | $5K |
| 99497 | 1.1% | 315 | 238 | $5K | |
| G0317 | Prolonged nursing facility evaluation and management service(s) beyond the total time for the primary service (when the primary service has been selected using time on the date of the primary service); each additional 15 minutes by the physician or qualified healthcare professional, with or without direct patient contact (list separately in addition to cpt codes 99306, 99310 for nursing facility evaluation and management services). (do not report g0317 on the same date of service as other prolonged services for evaluation and management 99358, 99359, 99418). (do not report g0317 for any time unit less than 15 minutes) | <1% | 218 | 182 | $2K |
| 99358 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | <1% | 249 | 218 | $2K |
| 99305 | <1% | 124 | 113 | $2K | |
| 99307 | <1% | 91 | 54 | $637.08 | |
| 99304 | <1% | 34 | 18 | $209.50 | |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 15 | 14 | $206.08 |
17 more codes
| 99318 | <1% | 18 | $182.88 | |
| 1123F | 0% | 260 | $0.00 | |
| G8510 | Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | 0% | 2,196 | $0.00 |
| 1126F | 0% | 5,536 | $0.00 | |
| G9717 | Documentation stating the patient has had a diagnosis of bipolar disorder | 0% | 1,879 | $0.00 |
| 3074F | 0% | 1,432 | $0.00 | |
| 1125F | 0% | 412 | $0.00 | |
| G8754 | Most recent diastolic blood pressure < 90 mmhg | 0% | 150 | $0.00 |
| 3044F | 0% | 162 | $0.00 | |
| G8433 | Screening for depression not completed, documented patient or medical reason | 0% | 305 | $0.00 |
| 1170F | 0% | 117 | $0.00 | |
| 3079F | 0% | 28 | $0.00 | |
| 1160F | 0% | 4,993 | $0.00 | |
| 1159F | 0% | 4,993 | $0.00 | |
| 3078F | 0% | 1,988 | $0.00 | |
| G8752 | Most recent systolic blood pressure < 140 mmhg | 0% | 134 | $0.00 |
| 1494F | 0% | 166 | $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 officialHOWARD, NICOLE (SR VP OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Curana Health of South Carolina PC | North Charleston, SC | $6.39M |
| Curana Health of Louisiana LLC | Baton Rouge, LA | $4.87M |
| Curana Health of Massachusetts LLC | Springfield, MA | $2.59M |
| Physicians Eldercare PA | Durham, NC | $2.57M |
| Curana Health of Missouri-Kansas LLC | Lees Summit, MO | $1.45M |
| Curana Health of Mississippi LLC | Flowood, MS | $1.35M |
| Kentwood Family Clinic LLC | Kentwood, LA | $1.19M |
| Curana Health Medical Group LLC | Austin, TX | $778K |
| Curana Health of New Mexico LLC | Espanola, NM | $771K |
| Curana Health of North Carolina PLLC | Durham, NC | $740K |
| Curana Health of Nevada PLLC | Reno, NV | $696K |
| Curana Health of Arkansas LLC | Bentonville, AR | $522K |
| Curana Health of Tennessee LLC | Memphis, TN | $318K |
| Curana Health of Alabama LLC | Birmingham, AL | $185K |
| Curana Health of Indiana LLC | Corydon, IN | $176K |
| CH Specialty Services NV Requeijo PC | Carson City, NV | $125K |
| CH Specialty Services TX PLLC | Austin, TX | $101K |
| CH Specialty Services Mo LLC | Lees Summit, MO | $93K |
| Curana Health of West Virginia LLC | Martinsburg, WV | $88K |
| CH Specialty Services Ma PC | Springfield, MA | $79K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.