Physician
Kern Nephrology Medical Group
Kern Nephrology Medical Group was paid $7.74M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is 90960, End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits — 54% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKERN NEPHROLOGY MEDICAL GROUP
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93309
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93309
33aNPI1962454140assigned 05/16/2006
33bProvider typeNephrology Physician
28Total paid$7.74M
24GClaims73,319
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Nephrology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#2 of 363
Median peer was paid$80K
This provider vs. median97×
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 | 2,074 | $277K | |
| 2019 | 7,052 | $670K | |
| 2020 | 12,000 | $1.25M | |
| 2021 | 11,950 | $1.21M | |
| 2022 | 12,191 | $1.40M | |
| 2023 | 15,203 | $1.59M | |
| 2024incomplete | 12,849 | $1.34M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90960 | End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits | 54% | 21,045 | 20,983 | $4.17M |
| 90961 | 14% | 6,055 | 6,037 | $1.09M | |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 9.7% | 19,225 | 7,655 | $751K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 7.3% | 13,067 | 5,584 | $562K |
| 90966 | 4.7% | 1,874 | 1,864 | $364K | |
| 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 | 2.7% | 4,644 | 4,490 | $211K |
| 90962 | 2.4% | 1,467 | 1,465 | $186K | |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 2.1% | 2,035 | 1,957 | $161K |
| 99255 | 1.5% | 1,314 | 1,278 | $114K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 1,311 | 1,297 | $40K |
| 99254 | <1% | 311 | 295 | $26K | |
| 99291 | Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes | <1% | 243 | 97 | $25K |
4 more codes
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 officialVARANASI, UMAMAHESWARA (PARTNER)