Behavioral
Breena S. Tafoya & Associates, LLC
Breena S. Tafoya & Associates, LLC was paid $3.45M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 88% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBREENA S. TAFOYA & ASSOCIATES, LLC
LAS CRUCES, NM 88001
LAS CRUCES, NM 88001
33aNPI1083874903assigned 06/13/2008
33bProvider typeProfessional Counselor
28Total paid$3.45M
24GClaims33,151
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Professional Counselor providers in New Mexico
Rank by total paid#5 of 134
Median peer was paid$107K
This provider vs. median32×
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 | 5,532 | $426K | |
| 2019 | 5,938 | $513K | |
| 2020 | 5,184 | $567K | |
| 2021 | 4,079 | $426K | |
| 2022 | 4,866 | $542K | |
| 2023 | 4,387 | $538K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,165 | $437K |
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 | 88% | 27,258 | 10,477 | $3.02M |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 4.5% | 1,921 | 1,289 | $154K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 3.3% | 1,171 | 663 | $114K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 2.0% | 552 | 549 | $70K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 2.0% | 1,046 | 711 | $67K |
| 90785 | <1% | 1,190 | 540 | $17K | |
| 90846 | Family psychotherapy without the patient present, 50 minutes | <1% | 13 | 12 | $2K |
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 officialTAFOYA, BREENA (CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Kids Counseling, INC | Mora, NM | $6.33M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.