Center for Hearing and Communication
Center for Hearing and Communication was paid $654K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 90834, psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes — 95% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION
NEW YORK, NY 10004
NEW YORK, NY 10004
33aNPI1033117353assigned 07/11/2005
33bProvider typeAudiologist
28Total paid$654K
24GClaims5,794
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Audiologist providers in New York
Rank by total paid#7 of 77
Median peer was paid$4K
This provider vs. median187×
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.
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 | 581 | $21K | |
| 2019 | 401 | $26K | |
| 2020 | 825 | $100K | |
| 2021 | 1,387 | $145K | |
| 2022 | 1,151 | $142K | |
| 2023 | 960 | $142K | |
| 2024incomplete | 489 | $79K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 95% | 4,678 | 1,560 | $620K |
| V5264 | Ear mold/insert, not disposable, any type | 1.8% | 244 | 242 | $12K |
| 92593 | 1.8% | 165 | 154 | $12K | |
| 92592 | <1% | 59 | 58 | $6K | |
| V5266 | Battery for use in hearing device | <1% | 453 | 450 | $2K |
| 92567 | <1% | 160 | 156 | $2K | |
| 92557 | <1% | 35 | 27 | $1K |
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 officialDISTEFANO, MICHELE (DIRECTOR OF AUDIOLOGY DEPARTMENT)