Physician
Forrest County General Hospital
Forrest County General Hospital was paid $2.76M by Medicaid between Sep 2019 and Dec 2024, across 60 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 64% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
PICAYUNE, MS 39466
PICAYUNE, MS 39466
33aNPI1922574425assigned 10/23/2018
33bProvider typePediatrics Physician
28Total paid$2.76M
24GClaims49,116
24DCodes billed60
24AFirst – last monthSep 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in Mississippi
Rank by total paid#16 of 86
Median peer was paid$221K
This provider vs. median12×
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.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official HESTER, BEN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 3,693 | $37K | |
| 2020 | 8,451 | $320K | |
| 2021 | 11,220 | $716K | |
| 2022 | 10,649 | $719K | |
| 2023 | 8,626 | $591K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,477 | $373K |
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 | 64% | 18,342 | 15,609 | $1.77M |
| 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 | 12% | 3,868 | 3,583 | $322K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 9.9% | 2,227 | 1,996 | $272K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | 8.0% | 1,739 | 1,620 | $222K |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 2.5% | 2,568 | 2,274 | $70K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 1.1% | 331 | 283 | $30K |
| 87807 | <1% | 727 | 599 | $15K | |
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | <1% | 4,297 | 3,857 | $14K |
| 99460 | <1% | 313 | 285 | $13K | |
| 83655 | <1% | 233 | 212 | $7K | |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | <1% | 239 | 212 | $7K |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 2,164 | 1,750 | $4K |
48 more codes
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 2,023 | $3K |
| 99381 | <1% | 19 | $2K | |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | <1% | 13 | $1K |
| 99442 | <1% | 40 | $1K | |
| 99462 | <1% | 73 | $833.94 | |
| 87428 | <1% | 68 | $691.44 | |
| 81003 | <1% | 409 | $676.08 | |
| 99173 | <1% | 59 | $659.17 | |
| G2025 | Payment for a telehealth distant site service furnished by a rural health clinic (rhc) or federally qualified health center (fqhc) only | <1% | 42 | $526.58 |
| 99441 | <1% | 22 | $485.47 | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 18 | $473.02 |
| 90686 | <1% | 1,582 | $285.46 | |
| 0011A | <1% | 28 | $251.11 | |
| 99406 | <1% | 195 | $167.10 | |
| 0012A | <1% | 23 | $161.42 | |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 149 | $140.33 |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 15 | $137.80 |
| 69210 | <1% | 15 | $117.76 | |
| 90670 | <1% | 1,374 | $115.07 | |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 124 | $41.46 |
| J1030 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | <1% | 19 | $15.00 |
| 96127 | <1% | 15 | $13.92 | |
| 96160 | <1% | 14 | $7.63 | |
| 90648 | <1% | 1,372 | $5.58 | |
| 92551 | <1% | 30 | $4.53 | |
| 90677 | <1% | 334 | $0.75 | |
| 90723 | <1% | 1,192 | $0.49 | |
| 90633 | <1% | 705 | $0.31 | |
| 3078F | 0% | 15 | $0.00 | |
| G2211 | Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's single, serious condition or a complex condition. (add-on code, list separately in addition to office/outpatient evaluation and management visit, new or established) | 0% | 202 | $0.00 |
| 90681 | 0% | 589 | $0.00 | |
| 90707 | 0% | 55 | $0.00 | |
| 90700 | 0% | 14 | $0.00 | |
| 3077F | 0% | 45 | $0.00 | |
| 90662 | 0% | 15 | $0.00 | |
| 85018 | 0% | 57 | $0.00 | |
| 3008F | 0% | 548 | $0.00 | |
| 3079F | 0% | 74 | $0.00 | |
| 90647 | 0% | 127 | $0.00 | |
| 94640 | Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction | 0% | 33 | $0.00 |
| 90716 | 0% | 55 | $0.00 | |
| 90697 | 0% | 96 | $0.00 | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 0% | 14 | $0.00 |
| 3074F | 0% | 61 | $0.00 | |
| 90656 | 0% | 47 | $0.00 | |
| 3075F | 0% | 14 | $0.00 | |
| 3080F | 0% | 17 | $0.00 | |
| G0008 | Administration of influenza virus vaccine | 0% | 18 | $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 officialHESTER, BEN (CFO)
Parent organizationFORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Forrest County General Hospital | Hattiesburg, MS | $81.63M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Picayune, MS | $21.66M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Columbia, MS | $9.51M |
| Walthall General Hospital | Tylertown, MS | $6.16M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Prentiss, MS | $3.80M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $3.74M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $2.80M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Richton, MS | $1.58M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Richton, MS | $1.36M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Columbia, MS | $1.03M |
| Walthall General Hospital | Tylertown, MS | $953K |
| Forrest General Hospital | Hattiesburg, MS | $850K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $253K |
| FGH Physician Billing | Hattiesburg, MS | $224K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Prentiss, MS | $204K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Picayune, MS | $65K |
| FGH Trauma Surgery Clinic | Hattiesburg, MS | $47K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $22K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Richton, MS | $18K |
| Walthall General Hospital | Tylertown, MS | $3K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.