Physician
Medical West Hospital Authority, An Affiliate of Uab Health System
Medical West Hospital Authority, An Affiliate of Uab Health System was paid $593K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 61 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 32% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMEDICAL WEST HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM
BESSEMER, AL 35022
BESSEMER, AL 35022
33aNPI1952483729assigned 10/20/2006
33bProvider typeInternal Medicine Physician
28Total paid$593K
24GClaims80,027
24DCodes billed61
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#20 of 225
Median peer was paid$17K
This provider vs. median34×
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 | 10,979 | $61K | |
| 2019 | 15,503 | $103K | |
| 2020 | 13,890 | $77K | |
| 2021 | 11,642 | $128K | |
| 2022 | 11,228 | $106K | |
| 2023 | 8,263 | $77K | |
| 2024incomplete | 8,522 | $42K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 32% | 3,884 | 3,162 | $193K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 21% | 7,634 | 5,390 | $125K |
| 93010 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 14% | 15,096 | 13,494 | $81K |
| 93306 | Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete | 6.2% | 1,328 | 1,263 | $37K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 4.8% | 989 | 596 | $29K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 3.1% | 788 | 316 | $18K |
| 93971 | 2.5% | 1,602 | 1,443 | $15K | |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 2.4% | 271 | 249 | $14K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 2.2% | 271 | 197 | $13K |
| 93970 | 1.8% | 1,022 | 873 | $11K | |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 1.4% | 274 | 61 | $8K |
| 81003 | 1.1% | 5,862 | 3,791 | $7K |
49 more codes
| 81002 | <1% | 3,649 | $5K | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 3,779 | $5K |
| 87210 | <1% | 1,388 | $5K | |
| 20610 | <1% | 206 | $4K | |
| J1050 | Injection, medroxyprogesterone acetate, 1 mg | <1% | 68 | $3K |
| 99221 | <1% | 84 | $3K | |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity | <1% | 243 | $3K |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward | <1% | 329 | $3K |
| 87220 | <1% | 1,310 | $3K | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 3,037 | $3K |
| J0702 | Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | <1% | 233 | $2K |
| 81025 | <1% | 734 | $1K | |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 192 | $1K |
| 58300 | <1% | 26 | $1K | |
| 99309 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity | <1% | 69 | $856.63 |
| 73564 | <1% | 23 | $252.00 | |
| 99307 | <1% | 34 | $172.40 | |
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | <1% | 21 | $78.00 |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 28 | $50.00 |
| 99000 | <1% | 24 | $38.50 | |
| Q0091 | Screening papanicolaou smear; obtaining, preparing and conveyance of cervical or vaginal smear to laboratory | <1% | 55 | $4.00 |
| 1159F | 0% | 86 | $0.00 | |
| 0502F | 0% | 1,826 | $0.00 | |
| 3078F | 0% | 3,788 | $0.00 | |
| G8417 | Bmi is documented above normal parameters and a follow-up plan is documented | 0% | 4,194 | $0.00 |
| 76805 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, fetal and maternal evaluation | 0% | 204 | $0.00 |
| 1160F | 0% | 157 | $0.00 | |
| 59409 | Vaginal delivery only (with or without episiotomy and/or forceps) | 0% | 165 | $0.00 |
| 3288F | 0% | 155 | $0.00 | |
| 59510 | 0% | 19 | $0.00 | |
| G8419 | Bmi documented outside normal parameters, no follow-up plan documented, no reason given | 0% | 1,318 | $0.00 |
| 3074F | 0% | 5,060 | $0.00 | |
| 3079F | 0% | 583 | $0.00 | |
| 0500F | 0% | 16 | $0.00 | |
| 3008F | 0% | 4,011 | $0.00 | |
| 0501F | 0% | 1,913 | $0.00 | |
| 2000F | 0% | 613 | $0.00 | |
| 1170F | 0% | 377 | $0.00 | |
| 59400 | Routine obstetric care including antepartum care, vaginal delivery, and postpartum care | 0% | 230 | $0.00 |
| 76801 | 0% | 44 | $0.00 | |
| G8420 | Bmi is documented within normal parameters and no follow-up plan is required | 0% | 230 | $0.00 |
| 1125F | 0% | 180 | $0.00 | |
| 1126F | 0% | 165 | $0.00 | |
| 59514 | 0% | 15 | $0.00 | |
| 3080F | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| G8422 | Bmi not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible for bmi calculation | 0% | 47 | $0.00 |
| 3075F | 0% | 30 | $0.00 | |
| 3044F | 0% | 17 | $0.00 | |
| 0503F | 0% | 19 | $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 officialSLOCUM, BRANDON (CFO)
Parent organizationMEDICAL WEST HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM