Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC
Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC was paid $900K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 90834, psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes — 27% of everything it billed.
FRANKLIN, NC 28734
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in North Carolina
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4,850 | $469K | |
| 2019 | 2,943 | $198K | |
| 2020 | 1,648 | $102K | |
| 2021 | 1,151 | $79K | |
| 2022 | 565 | $50K | |
| 2024incomplete | 71 | $1K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 27% | 3,138 | 1,810 | $240K |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 20% | 1,498 | 1,388 | $178K |
| H2022 | Community-based wrap-around services, per diem | 14% | 488 | 64 | $124K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 13% | 1,101 | 779 | $117K |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | 6.8% | 1,760 | 563 | $61K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 6.3% | 771 | 487 | $57K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | 4.8% | 899 | 435 | $43K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 4.5% | 778 | 489 | $40K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 2.8% | 343 | 335 | $25K |
| Q3014 | Telehealth originating site facility fee | <1% | 391 | 372 | $8K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 45 | 43 | $5K |
| 99443 | <1% | 16 | 14 | $543.20 |
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC. | Sylva, NC | $9.69M |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services | Waynesville, NC | $7.34M |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC. | Waynesville, NC | $1.91M |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC. | Brevard, NC | $1.60M |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services | Waynesville, NC | $1.09M |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC | Waynesville, NC | $1.03M |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC. | Brevard, NC | $624K |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC. | Sylva, NC | $289K |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC | Brevard, NC | $97K |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services | Canton, NC | $95K |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC | Franklin, NC | $50K |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC. | Brevard, NC | $42K |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services | Sylva, NC | $3K |
| Meridian Behavioral Health Services, INC. | Sylva, NC | $0.15 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.