Clinic
Care Now Urgentcare
Care Now Urgentcare was paid $97K by Medicaid between Feb 2021 and Jul 2022, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 87635, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe — 41% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCARE NOW URGENTCARE
WHITTIER, CA 90602
WHITTIER, CA 90602
33aNPI1780291351assigned 09/28/2020
33bProvider typeUrgent Care Clinic/Center
28Total paid$97K
24GClaims5,114
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2021 – Jul 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Urgent Care Clinic/Center providers in California
Rank by total paid#169 of 284
Median peer was paid$147K
This provider vs. median0.7×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,716 | $76K | |
| 2022 | 1,398 | $21K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 41% | 1,801 | 1,559 | $40K |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | 26% | 769 | 754 | $25K |
| 86328 | 10% | 469 | 404 | $10K | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 8.9% | 572 | 476 | $9K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | 7.7% | 130 | 124 | $7K |
| S9088 | Services provided in an urgent care center (list in addition to code for service) | 5.6% | 1,204 | 1,043 | $5K |
| 36416 | <1% | 169 | 141 | $303.99 |
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 officialKANG, JOSEPH (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph I Kang MD INC | Los Angeles, CA | $92K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.