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Columbia Valley Emergency Physicians LLC

Columbia Valley Emergency Physicians LLC was paid $1.94M by Medicaid between Jan 2019 and May 2022, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 47% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCOLUMBIA VALLEY EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS LLC
KENNEWICK, WA 99338
33aNPI1811946056assigned 05/06/2006
33bProvider typePhysician Assistant
28Total paid$1.94M
24GClaims34,128
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2019 – May 2022
Compared with peers

Next to other Physician Assistant providers in Washington

Rank by total paid#8 of 42
Median peer was paid$110K
This provider vs. median18×

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 VAUGHN, KAREN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$25K$50K$75K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201912,422$672K
20208,379$468K
20218,507$492K
20224,820$304K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 47% 11,547 11,181 $911K
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 33% 10,651 10,365 $647K
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 19% 10,075 9,916 $370K
93010 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only <1% 1,728 1,692 $7K
99291 Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes <1% 12 12 $762.60
99053 <1% 115 111 $512.25

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 officialVAUGHN, KAREN (OFFICER)
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