Agency
Montana Independent Living Project
Montana Independent Living Project was paid $5.97M by Medicaid between Nov 2021 and Dec 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is T1019, help at home with bathing, dressing and eating, billed per 15 minutes — 93% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMONTANA INDEPENDENT LIVING PROJECT
HELENA, MT 59601
HELENA, MT 59601
33aNPI1043610009assigned 08/27/2014
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$5.97M
24GClaims67,458
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthNov 2021 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Montana
Rank by total paid#7 of 44
Median peer was paid$374K
This provider vs. median16×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 102 | $3K | |
| 2022 | 12,598 | $973K | |
| 2023 | 14,254 | $1.28M | |
| 2024incomplete | 40,504 | $3.71M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1019 | Help at home with bathing, dressing and eating, billed per 15 minutesPersonal care services, per 15 minutes, not for an inpatient or resident of a hospital, nursing facility, icf/mr or imd, part of the individualized plan of treatment (code may not be used to identify services provided by home health aide or certified nurse assistant) | 93% | 53,086 | 4,570 | $5.58M |
| S5130 | Homemaker services, billed per 15 minutesHomemaker service, nos; per 15 minutes | 2.3% | 4,346 | 864 | $140K |
| S5126 | Attendant care services; per diem | 1.6% | 1,629 | 439 | $97K |
| S0215 | Non-emergency transportation; mileage, per mile | 1.3% | 6,622 | 1,498 | $78K |
| T2001 | Non-emergency transportation; patient attendant/escort | 1.1% | 900 | 265 | $63K |
| A0080 | Non-emergency transportation, per mile - vehicle provided by volunteer (individual or organization), with no vested interest | <1% | 875 | 281 | $12K |
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 officialBIRKENBUEL, SCOTT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)