Behavioral
Ashok Kara PHD PC
Ashok Kara PHD PC was paid $13K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Mar 2020, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoASHOK KARA PHD PC
MEMPHIS, TN 38157
MEMPHIS, TN 38157
33aNPI1982971065assigned 11/17/2011
33bProvider typeClinical Psychologist
28Total paid$13K
24GClaims563
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Mar 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Psychologist providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#32 of 54
Median peer was paid$16K
This provider vs. median0.8×
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 | 351 | $7K | |
| 2019 | 166 | $4K | |
| 2020 | 46 | $1K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 100% | 563 | 215 | $13K |
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 officialKARA, ASHOK (DR./PSYCHOLOGIST)