Westrum, Joel
Westrum, Joel was paid $327K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTRUM, JOEL
STRATFORD, IA 50249
STRATFORD, IA 50249
33aNPI1801826334assigned 07/03/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$327K
24GClaims16,294
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#29 of 521
Median peer was paid$28K
This provider vs. median12×
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 | 7,322 | $127K | |
| 2019 | 5,535 | $116K | |
| 2020 | 1,810 | $39K | |
| 2021 | 706 | $18K | |
| 2022 | 588 | $18K | |
| 2023 | 245 | $8K | |
| 2024incomplete | 88 | $2K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 37% | 1,849 | 1,812 | $120K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 18% | 2,378 | 2,268 | $59K |
| 92012 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient | 14% | 1,007 | 977 | $46K |
| V2103 | Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens | 10% | 2,600 | 1,416 | $33K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 8.7% | 328 | 324 | $28K |
| 92002 | 5.2% | 309 | 305 | $17K | |
| V2104 | Spherocylinder, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, 2.12 to 4.00d cylinder, per lens | 2.3% | 604 | 362 | $7K |
| V2100 | Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens | 2.1% | 571 | 343 | $7K |
| V2784 | Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens | 1.8% | 2,317 | 2,214 | $6K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 53 | 48 | $2K |
| 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 | <1% | 14 | 14 | $861.13 |
| V2782 | Lens, index 1.54 to 1.65 plastic or 1.60 to 1.79 glass, excludes polycarbonate, per lens | <1% | 25 | 25 | $476.00 |
2 more codes
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.