Agency
A Better Start Medical Center INC
A Better Start Medical Center INC was paid $25K by Medicaid between Jun 2021 and Jun 2021, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is H2017, psychosocial rehabilitation, billed per 15 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoA BETTER START MEDICAL CENTER INC
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL 33162
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL 33162
33aNPI1194319830assigned 02/23/2021
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$25K
24GClaims194
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJun 2021 – Jun 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Florida
Rank by total paid#566 of 659
Median peer was paid$392K
This provider vs. median0.1×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 194 | $25K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2017 | Psychosocial rehabilitation, billed per 15 minutesPsychosocial rehabilitation services, per 15 minutes | 100% | 194 | 24 | $25K |
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 officialFRANKLIN, JAY (PRESIDENT)