Physician
Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC
Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC was paid $146K by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 48% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVANGUARD MEDICAL SPECIALISTS LLC
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80921
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80921
33aNPI1821618190assigned 04/16/2020
33bProvider typeMOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician
28Total paid$146K
24GClaims2,148
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other MOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician providers in Colorado
Rank by total paid#9 of 17
Median peer was paid$146K
This provider vs. median1.0×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 21 | $1K | |
| 2021 | 185 | $15K | |
| 2022 | 487 | $33K | |
| 2023 | 1,044 | $68K | |
| 2024incomplete | 411 | $29K |
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 | 48% | 846 | 805 | $70K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 39% | 1,006 | 938 | $57K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 8.3% | 160 | 151 | $12K |
| 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 | 2.4% | 29 | 28 | $4K |
| 11102 | 1.4% | 47 | 44 | $2K | |
| 17110 | <1% | 31 | 26 | $577.97 | |
| 17000 | <1% | 16 | 15 | $537.20 | |
| 17003 | <1% | 13 | 12 | $276.67 |
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 officialGUST-ALLEN, AMBER (REVENUE CYCLE MANAGER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $1.15M |
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $939K |
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Pueblo, CO | $502K |
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $377K |
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Canon City, CO | $22K |
| Vanguard Medical Specialists LLC | Woodland Park, CO | $5K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.