Physician
Purnell A. Kirkland, MD INC
Purnell A. Kirkland, MD INC was paid $2.32M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 20610, — 43% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPURNELL A. KIRKLAND, MD INC
INGLEWOOD, CA 90301
INGLEWOOD, CA 90301
33aNPI1982735015assigned 03/08/2007
33bProvider typeRheumatology Physician
28Total paid$2.32M
24GClaims43,656
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Rheumatology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#12 of 147
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median53×
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 | 6,413 | $266K | |
| 2019 | 5,274 | $331K | |
| 2020 | 7,619 | $452K | |
| 2021 | 8,163 | $447K | |
| 2022 | 2,577 | $157K | |
| 2023 | 9,768 | $497K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,842 | $166K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20610 | 43% | 17,803 | 7,382 | $998K | |
| 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 | 38% | 7,871 | 7,824 | $886K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | 9.7% | 1,086 | 1,085 | $224K |
| J1040 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg | 8.9% | 16,052 | 6,580 | $206K |
| J1030 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | <1% | 333 | 233 | $1K |
| 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% | 26 | 26 | $412.60 |
| J1010 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg | <1% | 485 | 222 | $24.52 |
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 officialKIRKLAND, PURNELL (PRESIDENT)