Syed Alam MD Pulmonology a Professional Med Corp

Syed Alam MD Pulmonology a Professional Med Corp was paid $998K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is 99291, Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes — 33% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSYED ALAM MD PULMONOLOGY A PROFESSIONAL MED CORP
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93308

33aNPI1972726354assigned 04/11/2007

33bProvider typePulmonary Disease Physician

28Total paid$998K

24GClaims20,024

24DCodes billed20

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#22 of 225

Median peer was paid$53K

This provider vs. median19×

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	2,426	$53K
2019	2,526	$52K
2020	2,085	$105K
2021	3,284	$256K
2022	3,047	$175K
2023	3,348	$151K
2024incomplete	3,308	$205K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99291	Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes	33%	2,620	944	$330K
99215	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis	17%	3,619	3,502	$171K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	11%	2,570	2,548	$107K
94729		7.2%	1,374	1,358	$72K
94726		7.1%	1,352	1,335	$70K
99205	Prolong outpt/office vis	7.0%	764	762	$70K
94060		7.0%	1,420	1,392	$69K
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	2.5%	350	350	$25K
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	2.1%	316	314	$21K
99454		1.7%	693	688	$17K
99490	Ccm add 20min	1.3%	510	510	$13K
99457		1.2%	580	580	$12K

8 more codes

71046	Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views	1.1%	366	$11K
70220		<1%	140	$5K
99458		<1%	105	$3K
96372	Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular	<1%	82	$1K
94760		<1%	3,080	$596.03
99453		<1%	54	$461.49
99439		<1%	15	$119.95
G8427	Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications	0%	14	$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 officialALAM, SYED (OWNER)

Same official

Other billing entities under ALAM, SYED

Full network →

Provider	Location	Paid
Atlantic Healthcare, LLC	Livingston, NJ	$45K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.