Dental
Kenneth L. Brunson, DDS, MS, PC
Kenneth L. Brunson, DDS, MS, PC was paid $680K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 99% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKENNETH L. BRUNSON, DDS, MS, PC
DYERSBURG, TN 38024
DYERSBURG, TN 38024
33aNPI1912170341assigned 04/07/2008
33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist
28Total paid$680K
24GClaims7,176
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#21 of 79
Median peer was paid$240K
This provider vs. median2.8×
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 | 1,218 | $113K | |
| 2019 | 1,155 | $107K | |
| 2020 | 920 | $85K | |
| 2021 | 981 | $90K | |
| 2022 | 1,063 | $100K | |
| 2023 | 1,016 | $102K | |
| 2024incomplete | 823 | $83K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 99% | 7,061 | 6,819 | $675K |
| D8660 | <1% | 115 | 115 | $6K |
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 officialBRUNSON, KENNETH (DOCTOR/OWNER)