Providers

JOHN M. DOWNES, M.D.

NPI 1407881774, individual, Little Rock, AR, Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry

5
Evidence tier
informational
  • Medicaid dollars per patient on code 90833 ($160 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
score 35 of 100, rank 10047, $1.3M at stake

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

NameJOHN M. DOWNES, M.D.
TypeIndividual, sole proprietor
StatusActive
NPI issuedJuly 12, 2006, last updated July 8, 2007
Practice location600 S MCKINLEY ST STE 400, Little Rock, AR 72205-5222, 501-663-4673
Mailing address62 CARMEL DR, Little Rock, AR 72212-4401
Specialties
Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry (2084P0800X, primary, license C-5784 AR)

Procedures billed

The specific codes behind the dollars. Medicaid figures come from T-MSIS (2018 to 2024) and are compared with every other provider billing the same code; Medicare figures come from the 2024 physician and supplier file and compare this provider's submitted charge with what Medicare allowed, against the usual ratio for that code.

Medicaid, largest codes
codewhat it ispaidshareper patient-monthtypicalrank among providers
90833Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes$754K41%$160$49 (top 5% from $109)98th percentile
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$721K39%$150$67 (top 5% from $174)92nd percentile
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes$359K20%$126$81 (top 5% from $170)84th percentile
99238Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less$4710%$5.47$48 (top 5% from $80)2nd percentile
Medicare Part B 2024, largest codes
codewhat it isservicesbeneficiariespaidsubmitted per serviceallowed per servicecharge to allowedusual for this code
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes19748$11K$120$721.7x2.6x (90th percentile 4.3x)
90833Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes18047$8K$110$601.8x2.1x (90th percentile 3.5x)
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes2726$3K$275$1581.7x3.0x (90th percentile 5.6x)

A submitted charge many times the allowed amount is common and lawful; it matters when it is far above what other providers submit for the same code.

In this area

8 providers in Pulaski County, AR carry an indicator in the public record, with $18.7M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 6 of them, followed by named in an enforcement record on 2.

tierproviderat stakewhy
3KRAMEELAH BANKS
Little Rock, AR, ranked 2462
$0
  • Charged (indicted) per a Department of Justice release dated November 19, 2025, not adjudicated.
3ARKANSAS BEHAVIORAL CENTER (ABC), LLC
Little Rock, AR, ranked 5190
$0
  • Charged (indicted) per a Department of Justice release dated November 19, 2025, not adjudicated.
4CARL RIDDELL
Little Rock, AR, ranked 7402
$7.3M
  • Hours beyond a day in 44 months, but with up to 2850 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4NAVEEN PATIL
Little Rock, AR, ranked 7428
$5.9M
  • Hours beyond a day in 24 months, but with up to 955 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4LAWRENCE LABBATE
Little Rock, AR, ranked 7599
$2.7M
  • Hours beyond a day in 12 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4BRIAN SIMPSON
Little Rock, AR, ranked 7646
$2.3M
  • Hours beyond a day in 3 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4SHANE SPARKS
Little Rock, AR, ranked 7948
$479K
  • Hours beyond a day in 5 months, but with up to 162 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4NKECHI UGWUH-MOSS
Little Rock, AR, ranked 9584
$81K
  • Hours beyond a day in 5 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing.
  • Records needed.

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