Clinic
Low Country Health Care System, INC
Low Country Health Care System, INC was paid $426K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 52% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLOW COUNTRY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, INC
WILLISTON, SC 29853
WILLISTON, SC 29853
33aNPI1922468826assigned 03/04/2016
33bProvider typeFederally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
28Total paid$426K
24GClaims4,019
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#54 of 85
Median peer was paid$746K
This provider vs. median0.6×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 657 | $51K | |
| 2019 | 417 | $38K | |
| 2020 | 228 | $19K | |
| 2021 | 633 | $58K | |
| 2022 | 789 | $72K | |
| 2023 | 728 | $93K | |
| 2024incomplete | 567 | $94K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 52% | 1,717 | 1,593 | $223K |
| 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 | 36% | 1,206 | 1,133 | $154K |
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 10% | 857 | 679 | $44K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 28 | 26 | $2K |
| 87636 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus types A and B | <1% | 13 | 13 | $2K |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 25 | 14 | $28.70 |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 13 | 13 | $3.40 |
| 1159F | 0% | 37 | 27 | $0.00 | |
| G0511 | Rural health clinic or federally qualified health center (rhc or fqhc) only, general care management, 20 minutes or more of clinical staff time for chronic care management services or behavioral health integration services directed by an rhc or fqhc practitioner (physician, np, pa, or cnm), per calendar month | 0% | 65 | 64 | $0.00 |
| 1160F | 0% | 37 | 27 | $0.00 | |
| G0467 | Community health center visit, returning patientFederally qualified health center (fqhc) visit, established patient; a medically-necessary, face-to-face encounter (one-on-one) between an established patient and a fqhc practitioner during which time one or more fqhc services are rendered and includes a typical bundle of medicare-covered services that would be furnished per diem to a patient receiving a fqhc visit | 0% | 21 | 13 | $0.00 |
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 officialBARNES, ASHLEY (CEO)
Parent organizationLOW COUNTRY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Low Country Health Care System, INC | Barnwell, SC | $3.19M |
| Low Country Health Care System, INC | Fairfax, SC | $2.19M |
| Low Country Health Care System, INC | Bamberg, SC | $1.03M |
| Low Country Health Care System, INC. | Blackville, SC | $643K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.