OIG excluded
Mathews Bermudez, Melvin
Mathews Bermudez, Melvin was paid $216K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2022, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 20550, — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMATHEWS BERMUDEZ, MELVIN
MANATI, PR 00674
MANATI, PR 00674
33aNPI1831297530assigned 09/20/2006
33bProvider typePodiatrist
28Total paid$216K
24GClaims5,429
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Podiatrist providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#3 of 17
Median peer was paid$62K
This provider vs. median3.5×
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.
OIG exclusionListed on the federal exclusion list (09/20/2022).
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 | 1,434 | $42K | |
| 2019 | 1,001 | $25K | |
| 2020 | 1,123 | $50K | |
| 2021 | 1,280 | $68K | |
| 2022 | 591 | $32K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20550 | 27% | 1,639 | 1,104 | $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 | 21% | 950 | 876 | $46K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 13% | 415 | 396 | $28K |
| 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 | 9.2% | 990 | 902 | $20K |
| 11730 | 8.7% | 345 | 260 | $19K | |
| 11750 | 7.1% | 239 | 221 | $15K | |
| 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 | 6.7% | 575 | 566 | $14K |
| 10140 | 5.3% | 113 | 111 | $11K | |
| 11305 | <1% | 35 | 32 | $2K | |
| 99335 | <1% | 18 | 18 | $1K | |
| 11732 | <1% | 26 | 26 | $250.00 | |
| 11721 | <1% | 84 | 83 | $204.60 |
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.