Cao, Michael
Cao, Michael was paid $130K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2023, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 97110, Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion — 77% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCAO, MICHAEL
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 92708
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 92708
33aNPI1740390533assigned 08/30/2006
33bProvider typePhysical Therapist
28Total paid$130K
24GClaims12,505
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Physical Therapist providers in California
Rank by total paid#174 of 501
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median3.7×
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 | 3,083 | $4K | |
| 2019 | 2,211 | $7K | |
| 2020 | 219 | $3K | |
| 2021 | 927 | $15K | |
| 2022 | 2,615 | $35K | |
| 2023 | 3,450 | $65K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | 77% | 8,663 | 1,674 | $101K |
| 97750 | 16% | 616 | 307 | $21K | |
| 97140 | Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) | 3.4% | 2,231 | 495 | $4K |
| G0283 | Electrical stimulation (unattended), to one or more areas for indication(s) other than wound care, as part of a therapy plan of care | 2.2% | 472 | 101 | $3K |
| 97164 | <1% | 29 | 26 | $1K | |
| 97010 | <1% | 163 | 74 | $28.76 | |
| G8979 | Mobility: walking & moving around functional limitation, projected goal status, at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reporting | <1% | 162 | 105 | $0.01 |
| 97163 | 0% | 32 | 32 | $0.00 | |
| G8978 | Mobility: walking & moving around functional limitation, current status, at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervals | 0% | 137 | 89 | $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.