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Treatment Tracker

The Doctors and Services in Medicare Part B

Treatment Tracker » G0180
PROCEDURES

Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services

Under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imple

Service Code: G0180, Service Type: Medical

Total Paid

$1,154,376

Total Times Performed (or Units)

1,138,502

Rank Among All Services

258

Includes both office and facility visits.

Services by State

Below are the states in which this service was billed. Click a state for top providers there.


Times Performed State
205,755 Florida
103,448 Texas
89,619 California
82,096 Illinois
64,587 Michigan
44,567 Massachusetts
42,044 Ohio
40,278 Pennsylvania
38,657 New York
33,692 North Carolina
31,282 Tennessee
30,967 Alabama
30,017 New Jersey
24,091 Connecticut
23,818 Louisiana
23,091 Virginia
21,621 Georgia
21,097 Kentucky
17,058 Oklahoma
16,713 Mississippi
15,068 Maryland
14,133 Indiana
12,516 South Carolina
10,605 Arizona
9,058 Missouri
8,516 Nevada
8,110 Washington
7,647 Arkansas
7,552 Colorado
6,037 Minnesota
5,816 Utah
5,431 West Virginia
5,306 New Hampshire
4,817 Wisconsin
3,823 Iowa
3,641 Kansas
3,357 Oregon
3,249 Rhode Island
2,752 New Mexico
2,490 Idaho
2,455 Nebraska
2,431 Vermont
2,199 Maine
2,087 Delaware
790 Montana
683 Washington, DC
470 North Dakota
350 Wyoming
170 South Dakota
127 Hawaii
76 Alaska

Top Providers

Below are the top 30 providers who performed this service most often. A provider’s name may appear twice on this list if he/she performs this service in both an office setting and in a facility. Medicare reimburses differently based on place of service and breaks the data out accordingly. Sorting is limited to the top 30 overall providers.


Provider Name Times Performed (or Units) % of Patients Unique Visits Per Patient
JERRY BENFIELD

LOUISVILLE, Ky. 40222

Internal Medicine

79%

of this provider's 3,626 patients got this service 		3,532

Performed in an office

79%

of this provider's 3,626 patients got this service		 1.2
ALI GHAZVINI

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. 92653

Specialist

7%

of this provider's 464 patients got this service 		1,669

Performed in an office

7%

of this provider's 464 patients got this service		 2.6
MICHAEL NEWCOMB

CAVE CREEK, Ariz. 85331

Internal Medicine

71%

of this provider's 1,054 patients got this service 		946

Performed in an office

71%

of this provider's 1,054 patients got this service		 1.3
RICHARD DELACRUZ

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 32216

General Practice

41%

of this provider's 1,816 patients got this service 		919

Performed in an office

41%

of this provider's 1,816 patients got this service		 1.2
PAUL ROSENSTOCK

BROOKLYN, N.Y. 11204

Internal Medicine

35%

of this provider's 2,032 patients got this service 		887

Performed in an office

35%

of this provider's 2,032 patients got this service		 1.3
KRIKOR KALINDJIAN

LOS ANGELES, Calif. 90027

Specialist

26%

of this provider's 1,027 patients got this service 		873

Performed in an office

26%

of this provider's 1,027 patients got this service		 3.3
BRUCE PENDLEY

EAST RIDGE, Tenn. 37412

Family Medicine

44%

of this provider's 1,256 patients got this service 		844

Performed in an office

44%

of this provider's 1,256 patients got this service		 1.5
EMILIO LIMCHOA

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. 48336

Family Medicine

69%

of this provider's 647 patients got this service 		828

Performed in an office

69%

of this provider's 647 patients got this service		 1.9
ROBERT KAPLAN

CHICAGO, Ill. 60646

Family Medicine

59%

of this provider's 1,197 patients got this service 		827

Performed in an office

59%

of this provider's 1,197 patients got this service		 1.2
MICHAEL ALEXANDER

PLANTATION, Fla. 33317

Family Medicine

68%

of this provider's 1,062 patients got this service 		815

Performed in an office

68%

of this provider's 1,062 patients got this service		 1.1
LAILA HIRJEE

DALLAS, Tex. 75251

Internal Medicine

41%

of this provider's 1,521 patients got this service 		745

Performed in an office

41%

of this provider's 1,521 patients got this service		 1.2
CLIFFORD BENEZRA

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. 33009

Internal Medicine

48%

of this provider's 1,096 patients got this service 		698

Performed in an office

48%

of this provider's 1,096 patients got this service		 1.3
FLORENTINO LEONG

ORLAND PARK, Ill. 60462

Critical Care Medicine

54%

of this provider's 1,193 patients got this service 		695

Performed in an office

54%

of this provider's 1,193 patients got this service		 1.1
SEYMOUR EKELMAN

EASTPOINTE, Mich. 48021

General Practice

69%

of this provider's 693 patients got this service 		685

Performed in an office

69%

of this provider's 693 patients got this service		 1.4
BEATRIZ MARTIN

MIAMI, Fla. 33165

Internal Medicine

74%

of this provider's 613 patients got this service 		676

Performed in an office

74%

of this provider's 613 patients got this service		 1.5
MANIJEH JAVAHERI

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. 92653

Specialist

8%

of this provider's 237 patients got this service 		676

Performed in an office

8%

of this provider's 237 patients got this service		 1.8
JAMES CARUSO

CHICAGO, Ill. 60639

Family Medicine

62%

of this provider's 1,044 patients got this service 		669

Performed in an office

62%

of this provider's 1,044 patients got this service		 1
BRUCE KAPLAN

COMMERCE TWP, Mich. 48382

Internal Medicine

62%

of this provider's 564 patients got this service 		665

Performed in an office

62%

of this provider's 564 patients got this service		 1.9
ALA ALBAZZAZ

LOMBARD, Ill. 60148

Geriatric Medicine

51%

of this provider's 1,137 patients got this service 		661

Performed in an office

51%

of this provider's 1,137 patients got this service		 1.1
JODI NOVAK

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. 85251

Geriatric Medicine

60%

of this provider's 860 patients got this service 		657

Performed in an office

60%

of this provider's 860 patients got this service		 1.3
ROOSEVELT JACKSON

PLANTATION, Fla. 33317

Addiction Medicine

70%

of this provider's 892 patients got this service 		653

Performed in an office

70%

of this provider's 892 patients got this service		 1.1
DENNIS PARK

BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. 60108

Internal Medicine

52%

of this provider's 1,084 patients got this service 		644

Performed in an office

52%

of this provider's 1,084 patients got this service		 1.1
STEPHEN LEVINE

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. 91606

Neurological Surgery

28%

of this provider's 2,148 patients got this service 		627

Performed in an office

28%

of this provider's 2,148 patients got this service		 1
RAFAEL ABREU

HIALEAH, Fla. 33013

Family Medicine

37%

of this provider's 807 patients got this service 		625

Performed in an office

37%

of this provider's 807 patients got this service		 2.1
ROBYN JACKSON

MATTESON, Ill. 60443

Family Medicine

56%

of this provider's 897 patients got this service 		610

Performed in an office

56%

of this provider's 897 patients got this service		 1.2
LORA SHIRAR

GOLDEN, Colo. 80403

Family Medicine

40%

of this provider's 1,404 patients got this service 		608

Performed in an office

40%

of this provider's 1,404 patients got this service		 1.1
PAMELA AMADOR

HIALEAH, Fla. 33010

General Practice

69%

of this provider's 409 patients got this service 		607

Performed in an office

69%

of this provider's 409 patients got this service		 2.1
DAVID FUKUDA

REDLANDS, Calif. 92373

Family Medicine

78%

of this provider's 589 patients got this service 		598

Performed in an office

78%

of this provider's 589 patients got this service		 1.3
JAVIER RICARDO

MIAMI, Fla. 33186

General Practice

62%

of this provider's 598 patients got this service 		597

Performed in an office

62%

of this provider's 598 patients got this service		 1.6
LINH NGUYEN

SURPRISE, Ariz. 85374

Adult Medicine

20%

of this provider's 1,908 patients got this service 		595

Performed in an office

20%

of this provider's 1,908 patients got this service		 1.5

Sources: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, American Medical Association

Services that begin with a letter come from CMS. All other codes and descriptions of the medical procedures are from the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, copyright 2013 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Where practical, AMA’s consumer friendly translation of the CPT descriptor was used. ProPublica has received permission from the AMA to use these codes on this site.

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