Behavioral
Higher Ground Counseling INC
Higher Ground Counseling INC was paid $1.18M by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and Dec 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 98% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHIGHER GROUND COUNSELING INC
BEAVERTON, OR 97008
BEAVERTON, OR 97008
33aNPI1063961456assigned 09/26/2016
33bProvider typeCounselor
28Total paid$1.18M
24GClaims10,028
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Counselor providers in Oregon
Rank by total paid#9 of 92
Median peer was paid$69K
This provider vs. median17×
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.
Single-Code Concentration98% of spending on code 90837 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | 46 | $6K | |
| 2021 | 1,315 | $164K | |
| 2022 | 3,149 | $352K | |
| 2023 | 4,060 | $459K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,458 | $198K |
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 | 98% | 8,100 | 2,793 | $1.16M |
| 90785 | 1.9% | 1,928 | 651 | $22K |
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 officialVAUGHN, DEVIN (CO-OWNER)