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New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

Internal Medicine·Bronx, NY·NPI: 1427063270SharePrint Report

Red Flags Explained

Each flag represents a statistical test that identified unusual billing patterns. Here's what each flag on this provider means in plain English:

Billing Swing

Billing Swing means this provider's total billing changed dramatically from one year to the next — increasing or decreasing by more than 200% with over $1M in absolute change. This could indicate a change in practice scope, a billing scheme ramping up, or legitimate growth.

These flags are statistical indicators only. Many flagged providers have legitimate explanations for their billing patterns. Learn more about our methodology.

Advanced Detection Signals

Additional statistical tests from advanced fraud detection methods

Change PointBilling shifted 30.8x in 2019-09

These signals use advanced statistical methods including digit distribution analysis, change-point detection, and market concentration metrics. Learn more.

Risk Assessment

Bills $179.92 per claim for 99283 (Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity) — 4.2× the national median of $42.48.

Bills $194.07 per claim for 99282 (Emergency dept visit, low complexity) — 5.2× the national median of $37.72.

Bills $13.62 per claim for 36415 (Collection of venous blood by venipuncture) — 8.7× the national median of $1.57.

Billing above the 90th percentile for 15 procedure codes simultaneously.

This is a statistical summary, not an accusation. See our methodology.

Compared to Internal Medicine Peers

Total spending distribution among 26 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $160.3M is at the 75th percentile among 26 Internal Medicine providers.

Active Billing Period:2018-012024-12(84 months)

Total Paid

$160.3M

$160,323,581

Total Claims

4.0M

Beneficiaries

3.5M

1.1 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$41

#648 of 618K providers by total spending(top 0.1%)

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation is a Internal Medicine provider based in Bronx, NY. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $160.3M in Medicaid payments across 4.0M claims.

Why This Matters

This provider received $160.3M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 20,040 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

4109% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$605K
+1333%
2019
$8.7M
+201%
2020
$26.2M
+39%
2021
$36.4M
+3%
2022
$37.5M
-32%
2023
$25.5M
-0%
2024
$25.5M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 30 distinct procedure codes. The top code (99283 (Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity)) accounts for 17% of total spending.

99283Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$27.4M

152K claims · 17.1%

Your Cost: $179.92/claim|Median: $42.48
4.2× median
99284Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$14.1M

78K claims · 8.8%

Your Cost: $181.50/claim|Median: $69.51
2.6× median
99213Top 10%

Office/outpatient visit, est. patient, low-mod complexity

$13.4M

173K claims · 8.4%

Your Cost: $77.42/claim|Median: $37.81
2.0× median
99214Top 25%

Office/outpatient visit, est. patient, mod-high complexity

$8.6M

92K claims · 5.4%

Your Cost: $94.35/claim|Median: $53.41
1.8× median
99282Top 5%

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$6.2M

32K claims · 3.9%

Your Cost: $194.07/claim|Median: $37.72
5.2× median
U0003Normal range

Infectious disease detection (COVID-19)

$4.7M

83K claims · 2.9%

Your Cost: $56.50/claim|Median: $63.08
0.9× median
36415Top 5%

Collection of venous blood by venipuncture

$4.1M

304K claims · 2.6%

Your Cost: $13.62/claim|Median: $1.57
8.7× median
99203Top 10%

Office/outpatient visit, new patient, low-mod complexity

$2.9M

27K claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $105.99/claim|Median: $57.85
1.8× median
S9083Normal range

Global fee, urgent care centers

$2.8M

26K claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $104.85/claim|Median: $103.99
1.0× median
99212Top 10%

Office/outpatient visit, low complexity

$2.6M

42K claims · 1.6%

Your Cost: $62.33/claim|Median: $25.06
2.5× median
99204Top 10%

Office/outpatient visit, new patient, mod-high complexity

$2.4M

15K claims · 1.5%

Your Cost: $156.55/claim|Median: $84.03
1.9× median
70450Top 10%

CT head/brain without contrast

$2.2M

12K claims · 1.4%

Your Cost: $188.47/claim|Median: $45.53
4.1× median
96361Normal range

IV infusion, hydration, each additional hour

$1.9M

22K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $86.28/claim|Median: $38.92
2.2× median
99285Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$1.7M

10K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $173.27/claim|Median: $85.65
2.0× median
90834Top 5%

Psychotherapy, 45 minutes

$1.7M

10K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $172.61/claim|Median: $63.65
2.7× median
G0378Top 5%

Hospital observation service, per hour

$1.5M

1K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $1,177.89/claim|Median: $99.39
11.8× median
81408Top 25%

$1.3M

1K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $1,251.54/claim|Median: $158.72
7.9× median
99215Top 25%

Office/outpatient visit, high complexity

$1.3M

9K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $144.76/claim|Median: $74.09
1.9× median
99211Normal range

Office/outpatient visit, minimal complexity

$1.3M

71K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $17.69/claim|Median: $12.93
1.4× median
99442Top 25%

Telephone E/M by physician, 11-20 minutes

$1.1M

19K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $58.33/claim|Median: $22.44
2.6× median
81420Top 10%

Fetal chromosomal aneuploidy genomic sequence analysis

$1.0M

2K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $674.50/claim|Median: $358.21
1.9× median
90832Top 10%

Psychotherapy, 30 minutes

$995K

8K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $119.52/claim|Median: $41.28
2.9× median
92014Top 25%

Ophthalmological exam, comprehensive, established patient

$966K

14K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $68.23/claim|Median: $47.08
1.4× median
99391Normal range

Preventive medicine, established patient, infant (under 1)

$894K

23K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $38.92/claim|Median: $69.35
0.6× median
76856Top 5%

Ultrasound, pelvic, complete

$852K

5K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $180.57/claim|Median: $47.58
3.8× median
45378Top 25%

Colonoscopy, diagnostic

$851K

1K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $584.72/claim|Median: $225.49
2.6× median
96372Top 25%

Therapeutic injection, subcutaneous/intramuscular

$835K

51K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $16.35/claim|Median: $9.56
1.7× median
81220Top 10%

CFTR gene analysis, common variants

$813K

2K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $441.18/claim|Median: $183.31
2.4× median
74177Normal range

CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast

$806K

6K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $140.23/claim|Median: $65.76
2.1× median
D9999Normal range

Unspecified adjunctive procedure, by report

$770K

6K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $132.79/claim|Median: $37.60
3.5× median