County of Kern

County of Kern was paid $30.36M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is H2015, community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutes — 39% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCOUNTY OF KERN
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93305

33aNPI1205963113assigned 02/27/2007

33bProvider typeCounselor

28Total paid$30.36M

24GClaims86,731

24DCodes billed19

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Counselor providers in California

Rank by total paid#2 of 107

Median peer was paid$68K

This provider vs. median447×

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	8,647	$3.12M
2019	10,663	$2.97M
2020	14,320	$5.05M
2021	15,906	$6.61M
2022	14,048	$6.31M
2023	12,063	$4.09M
2024incomplete	11,084	$2.19M

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
H2015	Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes	39%	32,967	19,599	$11.92M
H2011	Crisis intervention service, per 15 minutes	32%	20,235	17,071	$9.66M
H2017	Psychosocial rehabilitation, billed per 15 minutesPsychosocial rehabilitation services, per 15 minutes	13%	12,525	7,935	$3.89M
T1017	Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes	7.4%	13,095	7,879	$2.25M
H2010	Comprehensive medication services, per 15 minutes	2.7%	2,085	1,855	$822K
H0031	Mental health assessment, by non-physician	1.3%	1,059	865	$397K
G2212	Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or qualified healthcare professional, with or without direct patient contact (list separately in addition to cpt codes 99205, 99215, 99483 for office or other outpatient evaluation and management services) (do not report g2212 on the same date of service as 99358, 99359, 99415, 99416). (do not report g2212 for any time unit less than 15 minutes)	1.2%	912	818	$371K
T2024	Service assessment/plan of care development, waiver	1.0%	568	566	$315K
H0032	Mental health service plan development by non-physician	<1%	1,004	967	$208K
99215	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis	<1%	110	102	$106K
90791	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation	<1%	890	883	$103K
90837	Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient	<1%	332	237	$101K

7 more codes

90834	Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes	<1%	261	$61K
99607		<1%	182	$54K
90792	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services	<1%	186	$49K
99605		<1%	149	$22K
H2000	Comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluation	<1%	138	$14K
90832	Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutes	<1%	19	$3K
99606		<1%	14	$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 officialKUWAHARA, STACY (DIRECTOR)