Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
Home › NC › Hickory › NPI 1194843235
Agency

The Mental Health Fund INC

The Mental Health Fund INC was paid $5.57M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is H0040, Assertive community treatment program, per diem — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoTHE MENTAL HEALTH FUND INC
HICKORY, NC 28602
33aNPI1194843235assigned 03/27/2007
28Total paid$5.57M
24GClaims28,430
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#164 of 856
Median peer was paid$908K
This provider vs. median6.1×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Single-Code Concentration100% of spending on code H0040 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K$150K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20184,098$896K
20192,631$676K
20203,079$744K
20214,921$851K
20225,292$882K
20234,315$787K
2024incomplete4,094$732K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
H0040 Assertive community treatment program, per diem 100% 28,430 4,194 $5.57M

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 officialWATERS, JOHN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Same official

Other billing entities under WATERS, JOHN

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
The Mental Health Fund INCNewton, NC$6.24M
The Mental Health Fund INCHickory, NC$2.35M
The Mental Health Fund INCHickory, NC$2.23M
The Mental Health Fund INCHickory, NC$609K
The Mental Health Fund INCHickory, NC$203K
The Mental Health Fund INCHickory, NC$6K
Complete Eye Care, P.C.Flint, MI$2K
The Mental Health Fund INCHickory, NC$1K

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