Clinic
1ST Choice Healthcare INC
1ST Choice Healthcare INC was paid $1.12M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is T1015, a visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate) — 98% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider info1ST CHOICE HEALTHCARE INC
HIGHLAND, AR 72542
HIGHLAND, AR 72542
33aNPI1962824672assigned 01/15/2014
33bProvider typeFederally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
28Total paid$1.12M
24GClaims11,373
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#62 of 180
Median peer was paid$713K
This provider vs. median1.6×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2,178 | $185K | |
| 2019 | 2,012 | $174K | |
| 2020 | 1,364 | $136K | |
| 2021 | 1,430 | $172K | |
| 2022 | 1,969 | $177K | |
| 2023 | 1,482 | $153K | |
| 2024incomplete | 938 | $128K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 98% | 7,380 | 6,198 | $1.11M |
| G0467 | Community health center visit, returning patientFederally qualified health center (fqhc) visit, established patient; a medically-necessary, face-to-face encounter (one-on-one) between an established patient and a fqhc practitioner during which time one or more fqhc services are rendered and includes a typical bundle of medicare-covered services that would be furnished per diem to a patient receiving a fqhc visit | 1.4% | 795 | 640 | $16K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 810 | 756 | $1K |
| 87400 | 0% | 167 | 162 | $0.00 | |
| 81003 | 0% | 147 | 137 | $0.00 | |
| 87631 | 0% | 289 | 278 | $0.00 | |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 0% | 354 | 330 | $0.00 |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 0% | 775 | 658 | $0.00 |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 0% | 335 | 313 | $0.00 |
| 87430 | 0% | 294 | 286 | $0.00 | |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 0% | 27 | 26 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialSTEVENS, SYDNEY (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Pocahontas, AR | $6.86M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Corning, AR | $4.11M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Walnut Ridge, AR | $3.04M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Paragould, AR | $2.38M |
| 1ST Choice Healthcare INC | Salem, AR | $1.48M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.