Clinic
NPI deactivated
1ST Choice Healthcare INC
1ST Choice Healthcare INC was paid $4.11M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 46 billing codes. Its largest line is T1015, a visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate) — 96% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider info1ST CHOICE HEALTHCARE INC
CORNING, AR 72422
CORNING, AR 72422
33aNPI1942256508assigned 05/25/2006
33bProvider typeFederally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
28Total paid$4.11M
24GClaims50,680
24DCodes billed46
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#12 of 180
Median peer was paid$713K
This provider vs. median5.8×
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 | 10,025 | $693K | |
| 2019 | 9,276 | $684K | |
| 2020 | 5,817 | $436K | |
| 2021 | 7,231 | $636K | |
| 2022 | 7,175 | $606K | |
| 2023 | 6,455 | $534K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,701 | $515K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 96% | 25,563 | 19,867 | $3.95M |
| 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 | 2.1% | 4,685 | 3,783 | $87K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | <1% | 557 | 503 | $28K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 4,231 | 3,837 | $14K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | <1% | 145 | 136 | $8K |
| 87811 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 206 | 192 | $7K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | <1% | 57 | 51 | $3K |
| 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 | <1% | 143 | 136 | $2K |
| G2025 | Payment for a telehealth distant site service furnished by a rural health clinic (rhc) or federally qualified health center (fqhc) only | <1% | 71 | 66 | $1K |
| 90688 | <1% | 122 | 116 | $1K | |
| G2012 | Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion | <1% | 129 | 91 | $1K |
| 90670 | <1% | 112 | 110 | $1K |
34 more codes
| 90633 | <1% | 67 | $630.96 | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | <1% | 3,405 | $610.85 |
| 90734 | <1% | 54 | $511.96 | |
| 90707 | <1% | 42 | $383.84 | |
| 90716 | <1% | 42 | $383.84 | |
| G0071 | Payment for communication technology-based services for 5 minutes or more of a virtual (non-face-to-face) communication between an rural health clinic (rhc) or federally qualified health center (fqhc) practitioner and rhc or fqhc patient, or 5 minutes or more of remote evaluation of recorded video and/or images by an rhc or fqhc practitioner, occurring in lieu of an office visit; rhc or fqhc only | <1% | 89 | $282.20 |
| 90648 | <1% | 27 | $248.56 | |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) | <1% | 2,145 | $244.15 |
| 90696 | <1% | 26 | $234.72 | |
| 90723 | <1% | 12 | $120.00 | |
| 90715 | <1% | 12 | $114.72 | |
| 87430 | <1% | 1,700 | $107.87 | |
| 87631 | <1% | 892 | $59.90 | |
| 81025 | <1% | 32 | $54.18 | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 366 | $52.96 |
| 84703 | <1% | 15 | $42.92 | |
| 81003 | <1% | 832 | $38.13 | |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 1,535 | $34.97 |
| 87400 | 0% | 1,414 | $0.00 | |
| 87420 | 0% | 378 | $0.00 | |
| 99490 | Ccm add 20min | 0% | 126 | $0.00 |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 0% | 232 | $0.00 |
| 3078F | 0% | 14 | $0.00 | |
| 85014 | 0% | 32 | $0.00 | |
| G0468 | Federally qualified health center (fqhc) visit, ippe or awv; a fqhc visit that includes an initial preventive physical examination (ippe) or annual wellness visit (awv) and includes a typical bundle of medicare-covered services that would be furnished per diem to a patient receiving an ippe or awv | 0% | 40 | $0.00 |
| Q2038 | Influenza virus vaccine, split virus, when administered to individuals 3 years of age and older, for intramuscular use (fluzone) | 0% | 51 | $0.00 |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 0% | 12 | $0.00 |
| 83655 | 0% | 16 | $0.00 | |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 0% | 740 | $0.00 |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 0% | 130 | $0.00 |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 0% | 65 | $0.00 |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 0% | 29 | $0.00 |
| 85018 | 0% | 35 | $0.00 | |
| G0008 | Administration of influenza virus vaccine | 0% | 52 | $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 officialSTEVENS, SYDNEY (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Pocahontas, AR | $6.86M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Walnut Ridge, AR | $3.04M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Paragould, AR | $2.38M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Salem, AR | $1.48M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Highland, AR | $1.12M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.