Clinic
Watson A. Desa, MD, a Medical Corp
Watson A. Desa, MD, a Medical Corp was paid $350K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 93306, Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWATSON A. DESA, MD, A MEDICAL CORP
LONG BEACH, CA 90813
LONG BEACH, CA 90813
33aNPI1982616439assigned 08/13/2006
33bProvider typeMedical Specialty Clinic/Center
28Total paid$350K
24GClaims7,203
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Medical Specialty Clinic/Center providers in California
Rank by total paid#36 of 164
Median peer was paid$37K
This provider vs. median9.6×
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 | 231 | $8K | |
| 2019 | 685 | $24K | |
| 2020 | 952 | $43K | |
| 2021 | 1,044 | $60K | |
| 2022 | 1,287 | $56K | |
| 2023 | 1,824 | $104K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,180 | $56K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93306 | Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete | 36% | 1,799 | 1,771 | $125K |
| 93000 | 23% | 1,113 | 1,106 | $81K | |
| 93351 | 14% | 352 | 352 | $51K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 12% | 1,035 | 1,035 | $43K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 10.0% | 1,248 | 1,239 | $35K |
| 93010 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 4.3% | 1,644 | 1,469 | $15K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | <1% | 12 | 12 | $415.15 |
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 officialDESA, WATSON (OWNER)