Dental
Higginson, Joseph
Higginson, Joseph was paid $239K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2022, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 59% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHIGGINSON, JOSEPH
OWENSBORO, KY 42303
OWENSBORO, KY 42303
33aNPI1740403302assigned 04/11/2007
33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist
28Total paid$239K
24GClaims738
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in Kentucky
Rank by total paid#25 of 49
Median peer was paid$239K
This provider vs. median1.0×
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 | 254 | $56K | |
| 2019 | 189 | $16K | |
| 2020 | 132 | $38K | |
| 2021 | 114 | $105K | |
| 2022 | 49 | $23K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 59% | 159 | 149 | $141K |
| D8080 | Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition | 34% | 44 | 43 | $82K |
| D8660 | 2.7% | 117 | 111 | $6K | |
| D0340 | 2.2% | 122 | 99 | $5K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.5% | 171 | 144 | $3K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 125 | 101 | $780.01 |
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.