Clinic
Cherokee Health Systems
Cherokee Health Systems was paid $238K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 47% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHEROKEE HEALTH SYSTEMS
KNOXVILLE, TN 37915
KNOXVILLE, TN 37915
33aNPI1811250129assigned 06/21/2012
33bProvider typeFederally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
28Total paid$238K
24GClaims28,724
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#29 of 90
Median peer was paid$87K
This provider vs. median2.8×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
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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 | 2,768 | $47K | |
| 2019 | 5,353 | $73K | |
| 2020 | 5,540 | $47K | |
| 2021 | 4,265 | $23K | |
| 2022 | 4,367 | $14K | |
| 2023 | 4,287 | $16K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,144 | $19K |
Box 24 · Service lines
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 | 47% | 5,495 | 4,380 | $113K |
| G0467 | Community health center visit, returning patientFederally qualified health center (fqhc) visit, established patient; a medically-necessary, face-to-face encounter (one-on-one) between an established patient and a fqhc practitioner during which time one or more fqhc services are rendered and includes a typical bundle of medicare-covered services that would be furnished per diem to a patient receiving a fqhc visit | 24% | 5,579 | 4,361 | $58K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 13% | 1,077 | 833 | $32K |
| G0511 | Rural health clinic or federally qualified health center (rhc or fqhc) only, general care management, 20 minutes or more of clinical staff time for chronic care management services or behavioral health integration services directed by an rhc or fqhc practitioner (physician, np, pa, or cnm), per calendar month | 7.9% | 6,476 | 5,972 | $19K |
| 3008F | 2.8% | 3,543 | 2,860 | $7K | |
| 3074F | <1% | 935 | 736 | $2K | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 2,322 | 1,835 | $2K |
| 3078F | <1% | 978 | 774 | $1K | |
| 90686 | <1% | 195 | 153 | $1K | |
| 3079F | <1% | 528 | 413 | $1K | |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 78 | 55 | $1K |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | <1% | 58 | 33 | $483.77 |
11 more codes
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | <1% | 12 | $420.00 |
| 90688 | <1% | 83 | $373.25 | |
| 3077F | <1% | 202 | $370.00 | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 15 | $316.60 |
| 3075F | <1% | 57 | $250.00 | |
| G0008 | Administration of influenza virus vaccine | <1% | 136 | $17.35 |
| 99408 | <1% | 373 | $0.13 | |
| 1159F | 0% | 164 | $0.00 | |
| 1160F | 0% | 164 | $0.00 | |
| 4037F | 0% | 235 | $0.00 | |
| 1126F | 0% | 19 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialKHATRI, PARINDA (CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Health Systems | Talbott, TN | $97.62M |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Knoxville, TN | $4.66M |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Knoxville, TN | $591K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Alcoa, TN | $375K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Morristown, TN | $264K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Chattanooga, TN | $196K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Seymour, TN | $196K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | New Tazewell, TN | $185K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Blaine, TN | $166K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Lenoir City, TN | $140K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Maynardville, TN | $133K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Clinton, TN | $128K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Knoxville, TN | $123K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Englewood, TN | $62K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Newport, TN | $38K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Washburn, TN | $25K |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Knoxville, TN | $1K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.