NP / PA
Optimize Medical Group
Optimize Medical Group was paid $2.16M by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Dec 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 99308, Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward — 58% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoOPTIMIZE MEDICAL GROUP
PIKESVILLE, MD 21208
PIKESVILLE, MD 21208
33aNPI1952818999assigned 12/29/2017
33bProvider typeAdult Health Nurse Practitioner
28Total paid$2.16M
24GClaims91,287
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Adult Health Nurse Practitioner providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#3 of 34
Median peer was paid$28K
This provider vs. median78×
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 | 3,694 | $253K | |
| 2019 | 7,921 | $380K | |
| 2020 | 14,355 | $260K | |
| 2021 | 15,568 | $235K | |
| 2022 | 15,775 | $206K | |
| 2023 | 16,565 | $393K | |
| 2024incomplete | 17,409 | $430K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward | 58% | 58,558 | 25,475 | $1.25M |
| 99309 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity | 41% | 31,681 | 15,218 | $875K |
| 99310 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | <1% | 428 | 317 | $13K |
| 99307 | <1% | 280 | 187 | $10K | |
| 99315 | <1% | 280 | 250 | $5K | |
| 99304 | <1% | 46 | 45 | $822.63 | |
| 99306 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | <1% | 14 | 13 | $390.38 |
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 officialNGUGI, JOHN (OWNER/SOLE MEMBER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| MBK Laboratory | Rosedale, MD | $3K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.