Boston Public Health Commission

Boston Public Health Commission was paid $6.18M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is H0019, Behavioral health; long-term residential (non-medical, non-acute care in a residential treatment program where stay is typically longer than 30 days), without room and board, per diem — 71% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION
BOSTON, MA 02118

33aNPI1063431492assigned 07/18/2006

33bProvider typePublic Health or Welfare Agency

28Total paid$6.18M

24GClaims89,972

24DCodes billed12

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Public Health or Welfare Agency providers in Massachusetts

Rank by total paid#5 of 64

Median peer was paid$6K

This provider vs. median1,073×

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	11,815	$353K
2019	21,456	$1.33M
2020	16,212	$1.20M
2021	12,791	$1.02M
2022	12,542	$1.21M
2023	9,034	$555K
2024incomplete	6,122	$512K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
H0019	Behavioral health; long-term residential (non-medical, non-acute care in a residential treatment program where stay is typically longer than 30 days), without room and board, per diem	71%	24,804	1,121	$4.39M
H2016	Community support for mental illness or disability, billed per dayComprehensive community support services, per diem	16%	50,260	1,806	$981K
90837	Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient	6.7%	4,498	2,461	$413K
90853	Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group)	2.1%	4,546	1,476	$129K
90832	Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient	1.7%	2,623	1,548	$108K
90791	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation	1.2%	674	669	$75K
90834	Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient	<1%	400	215	$29K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	<1%	385	320	$23K
H0005	Alcohol and/or drug services; group counseling by a clinician	<1%	1,141	281	$16K
98968		<1%	316	172	$9K
98967		<1%	238	167	$5K
98966		<1%	87	64	$859.56

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 officialOJIKUTU, BISOLA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Same official

Other billing entities under OJIKUTU, BISOLA

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Provider	Location	Paid
Boston Public Health Commission	Boston, MA	$67.61M
Boston Public Health Commission	South Boston, MA	$2.26M
Boston Public Health Commission	Boston, MA	$6K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.