Physician
Tele-Rheumatology Medical Associates
Tele-Rheumatology Medical Associates was paid $27K by Medicaid between Oct 2023 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99215, doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) — 88% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTELE-RHEUMATOLOGY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES
WATSONVILLE, CA 95076
WATSONVILLE, CA 95076
33aNPI1962072819assigned 07/01/2021
33bProvider typeRheumatology Physician
28Total paid$27K
24GClaims167
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthOct 2023 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Rheumatology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#84 of 147
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median0.6×
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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29 | $5K | |
| 2024incomplete | 138 | $23K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 88% | 127 | 124 | $24K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | 8.2% | 12 | 12 | $2K |
| 99417 | Prolong home eval add 15m | 3.3% | 28 | 27 | $903.28 |
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 officialSALAHUDDIN, FARAH (PRESIDENT)