Physician
OIG excluded
Joel a Aronowitz MD, a Medical Corporation
Joel a Aronowitz MD, a Medical Corporation was paid $1.08M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2023, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is Q4131, Epifix or epicord, per square centimeter — 31% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJOEL A ARONOWITZ MD, A MEDICAL CORPORATION
BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210
BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210
33aNPI1992071476assigned 03/28/2012
33bProvider typePlastic Surgery Physician
28Total paid$1.08M
24GClaims16,721
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Plastic Surgery Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#2 of 50
Median peer was paid$26K
This provider vs. median42×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
OIG exclusionListed on the federal exclusion list (04/14/2023).
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 | 8,042 | $620K | |
| 2019 | 3,897 | $240K | |
| 2020 | 3,500 | $188K | |
| 2021 | 1,008 | $22K | |
| 2022 | 258 | $14K | |
| 2023 | 16 | $362.21 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4131 | Epifix or epicord, per square centimeter | 31% | 1,131 | 489 | $340K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 20% | 3,364 | 1,743 | $219K |
| 15271 | 13% | 2,024 | 735 | $142K | |
| Q4195 | Puraply, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure) | 9.7% | 784 | 232 | $105K |
| Q4172 | Puraply or puraply am, per square centimeter | 7.3% | 312 | 92 | $80K |
| Q4196 | Puraply am, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure) | 6.8% | 709 | 177 | $74K |
| 11042 | Debridement, subcutaneous tissue (includes epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue); first 20 sq cm | 3.6% | 1,711 | 777 | $39K |
| Q4186 | Epifix, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure) | 1.9% | 49 | 13 | $20K |
| 11720 | 1.6% | 963 | 957 | $18K | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 1.4% | 230 | 145 | $15K |
| 29581 | 1.0% | 1,755 | 756 | $11K | |
| 15275 | <1% | 487 | 227 | $8K |
7 more codes
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 officialSESTI SPOHN, SUSAN (REVENUE CYCLE MANAGER)