CHRISTA STAPLES, CPNP, FNP-C, NNP

NPI 1740319839, individual, Columbia, MS, Nurse Practitioner, Family

Evidence tier

documented action, then payment

Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list since November 30, 2022.
Medicaid still paid claims in 10 later months, $27,901 in total.

score 94 of 100, rank 222, $28K at stake

Paid after the action

Months in which Medicaid paid claims for this provider after a public action that should have triggered a screening check. This is a record of payments, not a determination that they were improper.

list	identity check	action date	window closed	months paid after	first	last	paid after	12 months before
CA Medicaid exclusion list ca medi-cal suspended & ineligible provider list (july 2026)	Exact NPI, name verified	Nov 30, 2022	still open	10	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	$28K	$60K

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

Name	CHRISTA STAPLES, CPNP, FNP-C, NNP
Type	Individual
Status	Active
NPI issued	March 5, 2007, last updated October 15, 2025
Practice location	431 BROAD ST, Columbia, MS 39429-3056, 601-466-3424
Mailing address	116 MADISON PL, Hattiesburg, MS 39402-8339
Specialties	Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics (363LP0200X, license AP121222 TX) Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics (363LP0200X, license R857329 MS) Nurse Practitioner, Family (363LF0000X, primary, license R857329 MS)

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

code	what it is	paid	share	per patient-month	typical	rank among providers
99213	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more	$106K	79%	$101	$44 (top 5% from $110)	94th percentile
99214	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	$10K	8%	$46	$60 (top 5% from $133)	32nd percentile
99203	New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	$6K	5%	$99	$67 (top 5% from $121)	too few months to rank
87635	Amplifed dna or rna probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) antigen	$3K	2%	$37	$44 (top 5% from $70)	too few months to rank
99382	Medicaid service code	$2K	1%	$100	$80 (top 5% from $129)	too few months to rank
87811	Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19)	$1K	1%	$35	$33 (top 5% from $45)	too few months to rank
87804	Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for influenza virus	$1K	1%	$28	$22 (top 5% from $33)	too few months to rank
87880	Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for streptococcus, group a (strep)	$1K	1%	$6.08	$12 (top 5% from $18)	21st percentile

In this area

52 providers in MS carry an indicator in the public record, with $88.7M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 32 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 11. 6 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	MILESTONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER Greenville, MS, ranked 31	$415K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since February 6, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 3 later months, $414,794 in total. and 1 more
1	BRANTLEY NICHOLS Ruleville, MS, ranked 99	$299K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since July 24, 2018. Medicaid still paid claims in 17 later months, $298,768 in total.
1	BENJAMIN SANFORD Starkville, MS, ranked 320	$5K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since January 26, 2021. Medicaid still paid claims in 3 later months, $5,278 in total.
1	MARION LUND Oxford, MS, ranked 399	$923	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since February 2, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 1 later month, $923 in total.
1	FOOT DOCTOR, PLLC Oxford, MS, ranked 400	$923	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since February 2, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 1 later month, $923 in total.
1	MEDIHEALTH MEDICAL SOLUTIONS LLC Amory, MS, ranked 512	$0	Adjudicated (sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated February 15, 2024. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
2	JOHN WILKAITIS Jackson, MS, ranked 697	$1.6M	Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 2 months, peaking at 24.6 hours per day across 3 billing organizations. Medicaid dollars per patient on code 99232 ($286 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
3	KARE-IN-HOME HOSPICE, LLC Wiggins, MS, ranked 785	$1.5M	Part of provider network D1-00051, ranked 51 nationally. Medicaid dollars per patient on code Q5001 ($4410 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.

All 52 in MS

Recent enforcement in MS

All releases

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