Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Watauga Medical Center INC

Watauga Medical Center INC was paid $5K by Medicaid between Apr 2023 and Dec 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 54% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER INC
JEFFERSON, NC 28640
33aNPI1811658081assigned 01/10/2022
28Total paid$5K
24GClaims469
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthApr 2023 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#83 of 109
Median peer was paid$58K
This provider vs. median0.1×

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.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official LONG, MARY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$500$1.0K$1.5K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2023114$880.19
2024incomplete355$4K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
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 54% 58 54 $3K
93010 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only 31% 347 303 $2K
93000 7.7% 50 43 $378.93
93306 Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete 6.4% 14 12 $315.20

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 officialLONG, MARY (SVP MEDICAL STAFF RELATIONS)
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