Physician
Vital Lungs Associates of Southern California INC
Vital Lungs Associates of Southern California INC was paid $267K by Medicaid between Jan 2022 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99233, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) — 92% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVITAL LUNGS ASSOCIATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC
NORTHRIDGE, CA 91325
NORTHRIDGE, CA 91325
33aNPI1922762806assigned 10/26/2021
33bProvider typePulmonary Disease Physician
28Total paid$267K
24GClaims9,732
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2022 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#56 of 225
Median peer was paid$53K
This provider vs. median5.0×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,028 | $73K | |
| 2023 | 3,631 | $129K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,073 | $65K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 92% | 9,043 | 3,430 | $247K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 7.7% | 603 | 588 | $21K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 86 | 35 | $16.59 |
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 officialATABAKI, ALI (CO-PRESIDENT)