Behavioral
County of Kern
County of Kern was paid $17.84M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is H2015, community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutes — 28% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOUNTY OF KERN
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93306
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93306
33aNPI1245434521assigned 06/12/2007
33bProvider typeMental Health Counselor
28Total paid$17.84M
24GClaims66,180
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Mental Health Counselor providers in California
Rank by total paid#1 of 439
Median peer was paid$67K
This provider vs. median267×
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.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official BURROWES, ALISON controls 11+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 6,595 | $1.68M | |
| 2019 | 8,155 | $1.83M | |
| 2020 | 13,231 | $2.89M | |
| 2021 | 12,232 | $3.57M | |
| 2022 | 9,753 | $3.25M | |
| 2023 | 8,307 | $2.38M | |
| 2024incomplete | 7,907 | $2.23M |
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 | 28% | 20,448 | 11,142 | $5.04M |
| H2010 | Comprehensive medication services, per 15 minutes | 19% | 11,571 | 10,090 | $3.43M |
| T1017 | Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes | 15% | 13,313 | 8,192 | $2.73M |
| H2017 | Psychosocial rehabilitation, billed per 15 minutesPsychosocial rehabilitation services, per 15 minutes | 12% | 8,808 | 4,748 | $2.20M |
| H0034 | Medication training and support, per 15 minutes | 8.2% | 4,061 | 2,914 | $1.46M |
| H0032 | Mental health service plan development by non-physician | 5.4% | 2,347 | 2,320 | $966K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 3.1% | 1,754 | 1,274 | $546K |
| 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) | 3.0% | 1,275 | 1,099 | $530K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 1.9% | 1,192 | 1,135 | $343K |
| 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 | 1.1% | 276 | 267 | $193K |
| T2024 | Service assessment/plan of care development, waiver | <1% | 102 | 100 | $143K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 68 | 68 | $65K |
8 more codes
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes | <1% | 245 | $58K |
| T2021 | Day program for adults with developmental disabilities, per 15 minutes | <1% | 116 | $50K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 222 | $28K |
| 99607 | <1% | 105 | $17K | |
| 99606 | <1% | 101 | $15K | |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutes | <1% | 75 | $12K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 29 | $8K |
| H0033 | Oral medication administration, direct observation | <1% | 72 | $6K |
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 officialBURROWES, ALISON (DIRECTOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $473.44M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $45.24M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $44.53M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $41.43M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $36.61M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $23.77M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $18.49M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $9.17M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $6.60M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $1.21M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $32K |
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