Appalachian Regional Medical Associates, INC.
Appalachian Regional Medical Associates, INC. was paid $705K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 45% of everything it billed.
LINVILLE, NC 28646
Next to other Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician providers in North Carolina
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
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2,688 | $120K | |
| 2019 | 1,700 | $98K | |
| 2020 | 1,127 | $57K | |
| 2021 | 3,632 | $99K | |
| 2022 | 5,938 | $115K | |
| 2023 | 5,524 | $78K | |
| 2024incomplete | 7,603 | $137K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 45% | 4,785 | 4,316 | $314K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 30% | 4,285 | 3,452 | $209K |
| 99199 | Unlisted special service, procedure or report | 12% | 16,519 | 15,039 | $85K |
| 87636 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus types A and B | 8.5% | 493 | 384 | $60K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | 1.4% | 356 | 296 | $10K |
| 87428 | 1.1% | 140 | 97 | $8K | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 536 | 298 | $7K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 304 | 298 | $4K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 43 | 41 | $3K |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 98 | 97 | $1K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | <1% | 13 | 12 | $1K |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | <1% | 12 | 12 | $915.72 |
8 more codes
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | <1% | 17 | $872.27 |
| G2211 | Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's single, serious condition or a complex condition. (add-on code, list separately in addition to office/outpatient evaluation and management visit, new or established) | <1% | 211 | $570.24 |
| 81003 | <1% | 17 | $19.39 | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 14 | $16.20 |
| 3008F | 0% | 206 | $0.00 | |
| 1111F | 0% | 104 | $0.00 | |
| 90688 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 4004F | 0% | 47 | $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.
Who's on the registration
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.