Agency
Boston Emergency Services Team (Bupa) Boston
Boston Emergency Services Team (Bupa) Boston was paid $59.30M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 35 billing codes. Its largest line is S9485, Crisis intervention mental health services, per diem — 29% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBOSTON EMERGENCY SERVICES TEAM (BUPA) BOSTON
BOSTON, MA 02118
BOSTON, MA 02118
33aNPI1225200314assigned 03/28/2008
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$59.30M
24GClaims501,289
24DCodes billed35
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#14 of 169
Median peer was paid$1.37M
This provider vs. median43×
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 | 192,064 | $20.73M | |
| 2019 | 210,811 | $19.14M | |
| 2020 | 30,366 | $5.46M | |
| 2021 | 35,231 | $6.67M | |
| 2022 | 27,539 | $6.19M | |
| 2023 | 3,705 | $679K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,573 | $435K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S9485 | Crisis intervention mental health services, per diem | 29% | 32,390 | 20,217 | $16.94M |
| H2011 | Crisis intervention service, per 15 minutes | 19% | 78,045 | 15,582 | $11.42M |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 9.7% | 71,159 | 33,387 | $5.78M |
| H0023 | Behavioral health outreach service (planned approach to reach a targeted population) | 8.6% | 106,935 | 4,084 | $5.07M |
| H2019 | Therapeutic behavioral services, billed per 15 minutesTherapeutic behavioral services, per 15 minutes | 8.3% | 41,175 | 5,527 | $4.95M |
| T1027 | Family training and counseling for child development, per 15 minutes | 8.0% | 44,232 | 7,935 | $4.74M |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 3.4% | 23,280 | 19,784 | $2.04M |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | 2.1% | 14,193 | 3,014 | $1.27M |
| H2016 | Community support for mental illness or disability, billed per dayComprehensive community support services, per diem | 1.9% | 15,183 | 2,479 | $1.14M |
| T1017 | Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes | 1.5% | 8,014 | 1,374 | $914K |
| H2015 | Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes | 1.5% | 9,033 | 1,816 | $898K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 8,989 | 8,748 | $536K |
23 more codes
| H0032 | Mental health service plan development by non-physician | <1% | 2,349 | $427K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 3,582 | $420K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hour | <1% | 4,975 | $398K |
| 90882 | <1% | 8,113 | $345K | |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | <1% | 3,423 | $280K |
| 90887 | <1% | 7,346 | $275K | |
| H0031 | Mental health assessment, by non-physician | <1% | 1,872 | $248K |
| H2014 | Skills training and development, per 15 minutes | <1% | 2,056 | $244K |
| 99404 | <1% | 857 | $147K | |
| H0046 | Mental health services, not otherwise specified | <1% | 3,285 | $134K |
| H2012 | Behavioral health day treatment, per hour | <1% | 914 | $123K |
| 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% | 975 | $121K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | <1% | 1,075 | $107K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutes | <1% | 2,803 | $100K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | <1% | 3,003 | $85K |
| G0470 | Federally qualified health center (fqhc) visit, mental health, established patient; a medically-necessary, face-to-face mental health encounter (one-on-one) between an established patient and a fqhc practitioner during which time one or more fqhc services are rendered and includes a typical bundle of medicare-covered services that would be furnished per diem to a patient receiving a mental health visit | <1% | 475 | $67K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 239 | $30K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | <1% | 146 | $17K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 81 | $13K |
| 90833 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on) | <1% | 369 | $12K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 288 | $11K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 175 | $3K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 260 | $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 officialFISHMAN, LESLIE (ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR)
Parent organizationBOSTON UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRY ASSOCIATES, INC
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Emergency Services Team Cambridge (BMC) | Boston, MA | $12.98M |
| Boston Emergency Services Team Boston (BMC) | Boston, MA | $9.10M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.