Agency
T.W. Ponessa and Associates Counseling Services, INC.
T.W. Ponessa and Associates Counseling Services, INC. was paid $2.36M by Medicaid between Sep 2020 and Dec 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 86% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoT.W. PONESSA AND ASSOCIATES COUNSELING SERVICES, INC.
LANCASTER, PA 17603
LANCASTER, PA 17603
33aNPI1063627651assigned 05/14/2007
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$2.36M
24GClaims25,565
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthSep 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Pennsylvania
Rank by total paid#184 of 517
Median peer was paid$1.23M
This provider vs. median1.9×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2,295 | $0.00 | |
| 2021 | 6,123 | $42K | |
| 2022 | 6,574 | $851K | |
| 2023 | 5,365 | $745K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,208 | $720K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 86% | 19,843 | 8,994 | $2.03M |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 6.1% | 1,935 | 1,731 | $143K |
| H0001 | Alcohol and/or drug assessment | 5.6% | 1,790 | 1,697 | $132K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 1.1% | 1,027 | 881 | $27K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 411 | 377 | $16K |
| H0047 | Alcohol and/or other drug abuse services, not otherwise specified | <1% | 87 | 25 | $9K |
| 80305 | <1% | 289 | 259 | $3K | |
| H0034 | Medication training and support, per 15 minutes | <1% | 99 | 80 | $2K |
| 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% | 12 | 12 | $142.55 |
| G9012 | Other specified case management service not elsewhere classified | 0% | 60 | 45 | $0.00 |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 0% | 12 | 12 | $0.00 |
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 officialDEGUIRE, CATHERINE (CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| T. W. Ponessa and Associates Counseling | Lancaster, PA | $1.87M |
| T. W. Ponessa and Associates Counseling Services, INC. | Harrisburg, PA | $675K |
| T.W. Ponessa and Associates Counseling Services, INC. | York, PA | $25K |
| T.W. Ponessa and Associates Counseling Services, INC. | New Holland, PA | $19K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.