Kuznesof-Knee, Barbara
Kuznesof-Knee, Barbara was paid $602K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2023, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 92015, Determination of refractive state — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKUZNESOF-KNEE, BARBARA
WATERBURY, CT 06705
WATERBURY, CT 06705
33aNPI1801966601assigned 11/09/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$602K
24GClaims12,414
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Connecticut
Rank by total paid#82 of 340
Median peer was paid$125K
This provider vs. median4.8×
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 | 2,897 | $142K | |
| 2019 | 2,895 | $142K | |
| 2020 | 1,340 | $63K | |
| 2021 | 2,444 | $117K | |
| 2022 | 2,216 | $109K | |
| 2023 | 622 | $30K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 39% | 6,365 | 6,190 | $237K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 39% | 3,493 | 3,385 | $233K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 21% | 2,427 | 2,373 | $124K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | <1% | 59 | 55 | $5K |
| 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% | 70 | 65 | $4K |
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.