Joseph Followell, PA
Joseph Followell, PA was paid $207K by Medicaid between Jul 2019 and Dec 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 92014, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient — 34% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJOSEPH FOLLOWELL, PA
VAN BUREN, AR 72956
VAN BUREN, AR 72956
33aNPI1912470477assigned 01/08/2019
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$207K
24GClaims5,526
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJul 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#106 of 354
Median peer was paid$79K
This provider vs. median2.6×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 747 | $27K | |
| 2020 | 875 | $32K | |
| 2021 | 931 | $34K | |
| 2022 | 1,025 | $40K | |
| 2023 | 1,041 | $39K | |
| 2024incomplete | 907 | $35K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 34% | 1,348 | 1,328 | $70K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 31% | 1,354 | 1,314 | $63K |
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 15% | 461 | 454 | $32K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 14% | 2,067 | 2,031 | $30K |
| 92250 | 6.0% | 296 | 296 | $12K |
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 officialFOLLOWELL, JOSEPH (OPTOMETRIST/OWNER)