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Ortiz Melendez, Jennifer

Ortiz Melendez, Jennifer was paid $175K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2021, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is V2020, Frames, purchases — 29% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoORTIZ MELENDEZ, JENNIFER
PONCE, PR 00717
33aNPI1962786038assigned 10/06/2011
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$175K
24GClaims5,497
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2021
Compared with peers

Next to other Optometrist providers in Puerto Rico

Rank by total paid#65 of 299
Median peer was paid$40K
This provider vs. median4.4×

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

$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
20182,608$65K
20191,675$58K
2020992$42K
2021222$10K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
V2020 Frames, purchases 29% 524 487 $51K
92015 Determination of refractive state 25% 2,192 2,075 $45K
92002 23% 1,072 1,006 $41K
92012 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient 13% 736 690 $22K
92004 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient 9.4% 286 281 $16K
V2784 Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens 0% 259 230 $0.00
V2100 Sphere, single vision, plano to plus or minus 4.00, per lens 0% 428 230 $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.