Dental
Buckner, Tennisha
Buckner, Tennisha was paid $1.07M by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and Mar 2021, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBUCKNER, TENNISHA
TUPELO, MS 38801
TUPELO, MS 38801
33aNPI1821447657assigned 06/13/2016
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.07M
24GClaims42,442
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – Mar 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Mississippi
Rank by total paid#32 of 379
Median peer was paid$78K
This provider vs. median14×
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 | 8,351 | $279K | |
| 2019 | 15,918 | $430K | |
| 2020 | 16,106 | $318K | |
| 2021 | 2,067 | $47K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 17% | 1,852 | 1,048 | $179K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 15% | 7,248 | 5,982 | $166K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 9.8% | 4,819 | 4,422 | $105K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 9.1% | 2,454 | 2,408 | $98K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 6.5% | 4,100 | 2,961 | $70K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.6% | 824 | 527 | $60K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.5% | 2,421 | 521 | $59K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 5.3% | 1,265 | 1,133 | $57K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 5.2% | 1,907 | 1,617 | $56K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.2% | 2,827 | 2,445 | $45K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.9% | 1,684 | 1,552 | $42K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.3% | 295 | 207 | $36K |
11 more codes
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 2.0% | 2,326 | $22K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.9% | 562 | $21K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 1.7% | 561 | $19K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.5% | 1,425 | $16K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 144 | $11K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 981 | $9K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 51 | $3K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | <1% | 16 | $2K |
| D0603 | 0% | 4,553 | $0.00 | |
| D0601 | 0% | 27 | $0.00 | |
| D0602 | 0% | 100 | $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.