Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC

Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC was paid $481K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 99199, Unlisted special service, procedure or report — 47% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP, INC
HICKORY, NC 28601
33aNPI1952678013assigned 11/17/2011
28Total paid$481K
24GClaims42,202
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#269 of 960
Median peer was paid$135K
This provider vs. median3.6×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official GALLAGHER, PAMELA controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20181,023$29K
2019925$32K
20201,093$33K
20215,265$85K
20228,753$81K
202310,458$84K
2024incomplete14,685$138K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99199 Unlisted special service, procedure or report 47% 33,612 16,741 $227K
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 26% 2,348 1,914 $126K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 25% 2,711 2,160 $121K
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 <1% 34 25 $4K
36415 Collection of venous blood by venipuncture <1% 1,616 1,363 $3K
90686 <1% 12 12 $58.11
99000 <1% 1,869 1,526 $27.53

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 officialGALLAGHER, PAMELA (VP OF FINANCE)
Parent organizationCATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
Same official

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