Dental
The Dental Connection East
The Dental Connection East was paid $469K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2022, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHE DENTAL CONNECTION EAST
MEMPHIS, TN 38115
MEMPHIS, TN 38115
33aNPI1871628719assigned 02/22/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$469K
24GClaims17,045
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#92 of 336
Median peer was paid$123K
This provider vs. median3.8×
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 | 5,358 | $137K | |
| 2019 | 5,417 | $166K | |
| 2020 | 2,027 | $54K | |
| 2021 | 3,041 | $80K | |
| 2022 | 1,202 | $32K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 18% | 2,629 | 2,547 | $83K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 17% | 3,444 | 3,335 | $79K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 11% | 802 | 415 | $53K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 11% | 1,311 | 1,262 | $52K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 9.0% | 2,277 | 2,185 | $42K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 7.8% | 683 | 656 | $37K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.6% | 1,047 | 1,013 | $26K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 4.7% | 1,095 | 1,082 | $22K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.5% | 295 | 153 | $17K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.5% | 1,269 | 407 | $12K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.4% | 639 | 612 | $11K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.2% | 385 | 130 | $10K |
7 more codes
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.9% | 346 | $9K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.7% | 666 | $8K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 50 | $3K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 28 | $2K |
| D1353 | <1% | 42 | $1K | |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 18 | $1K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 19 | $409.50 |
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 officialTURNIPSEED, DELLWYN (DENTIST)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dellwyn Turnipseed D.M. D.,P. C. | Memphis, TN | $388K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.