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Howard Center INC

Howard Center INC was paid $34.99M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is H0020, Alcohol and/or drug services; methadone administration and/or service (provision of the drug by a licensed program) — 82% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHOWARD CENTER INC
BURLINGTON, VT 05401
33aNPI1134346687assigned 04/19/2007
28Total paid$34.99M
24GClaims106,170
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Substance Use Disorder Rehabilitation Clinic/Center providers in Vermont

Rank by total paid#1 of 5
Median peer was paid$1.04M
This provider vs. median34×

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

$0$200K$400K$600K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
201821,729$6.33M
201917,703$5.53M
202014,790$4.77M
202114,666$4.87M
202214,744$4.85M
202312,964$4.65M
2024incomplete9,574$3.99M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
H0020 Alcohol and/or drug services; methadone administration and/or service (provision of the drug by a licensed program) 82% 58,630 57,414 $28.62M
J0574 Buprenorphine/naloxone, oral, greater than 6 mg, but less than or equal to 10 mg buprenorphine 5.1% 8,087 6,479 $1.79M
J0575 Buprenorphine/naloxone, oral, greater than 10 mg buprenorphine 5.0% 5,492 4,439 $1.74M
H0015 Alcohol and/or drug services; intensive outpatient (treatment program that operates at least 3 hours/day and at least 3 days/week and is based on an individualized treatment plan), including assessment, counseling; crisis intervention, and activity therapies or education 1.9% 5,558 1,031 $670K
H0010 Alcohol and/or drug services; sub-acute detoxification (residential addiction program inpatient) 1.9% 5,506 1,404 $664K
H0004 Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes 1.7% 6,904 3,683 $595K
J0572 Buprenorphine/naloxone, oral, less than or equal to 3 mg buprenorphine <1% 3,966 3,308 $346K
H0005 Alcohol and/or drug services; group counseling by a clinician <1% 3,753 1,493 $282K
T1016 Case management, each 15 minutes <1% 5,270 2,054 $130K
H0018 Behavioral health; short-term residential (non-hospital residential treatment program), without room and board, per diem <1% 457 290 $62K
H0001 Alcohol and/or drug assessment <1% 271 239 $43K
H0006 Alcohol and/or drug services; case management <1% 836 382 $21K
4 more codes
J0571 Buprenorphine, oral, 1 mg <1% 1,279 $20K
G2067 Medication assisted treatment, methadone; weekly bundle including dispensing and/or administration, substance use counseling, individual and group therapy, and toxicology testing, if performed (provision of the services by a medicare-enrolled opioid treatment program) <1% 122 $8K
90832 Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutes 0% 12 $0.00
H2017 Psychosocial rehabilitation, billed per 15 minutes 0% 27 $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 officialMCGUIRE, SANDY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Same official

Other billing entities under MCGUIRE, SANDY

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Howard Center INCBurlington, VT$332.18M
Howard Center INCBurlington, VT$130.07M
Howard Center INCSouth Burlington, VT$2.01M
Howard Center INCBurlington, VT$1.79M

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