Maes-Pukala, Kathleen
Maes-Pukala, Kathleen was paid $7K by Medicaid between Feb 2022 and Aug 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 78% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMAES-PUKALA, KATHLEEN
SMYRNA, TN 37167
SMYRNA, TN 37167
33aNPI1740215383assigned 07/12/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$7K
24GClaims230
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2022 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#449 of 698
Median peer was paid$19K
This provider vs. median0.3×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 114 | $5K | |
| 2024incomplete | 116 | $2K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 78% | 144 | 132 | $5K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 19% | 27 | 26 | $1K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 3.2% | 59 | 46 | $210.00 |
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.