Physician
Merkin, Bruce
Merkin, Bruce was paid $116K by Medicaid between Jul 2018 and Apr 2019, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is H0048, Alcohol and/or other drug testing: collection and handling only, specimens other than blood — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMERKIN, BRUCE
CENTER CITY, MN 55012
CENTER CITY, MN 55012
33aNPI1780667907assigned 11/22/2005
33bProvider typeAddiction Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
28Total paid$116K
24GClaims5,541
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJul 2018 – Apr 2019
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 | 3,747 | $75K | |
| 2019 | 1,794 | $40K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0048 | Alcohol and/or other drug testing: collection and handling only, specimens other than blood | 39% | 3,720 | 2,126 | $46K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 26% | 403 | 370 | $30K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 11% | 279 | 237 | $12K |
| S5000 | Prescription drug, generic | 9.5% | 351 | 57 | $11K |
| 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 | 8.6% | 87 | 79 | $10K |
| H0020 | Alcohol and/or drug services; methadone administration and/or service (provision of the drug by a licensed program) | 4.9% | 558 | 131 | $6K |
| T1502 | Administration of oral, intramuscular and/or subcutaneous medication by health care agency/professional, per visit | <1% | 100 | 61 | $884.52 |
| 93000 | <1% | 43 | 41 | $636.00 |
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.