Agency
Newton Public Schools
Newton Public Schools was paid $203K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 92507, Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or auditory processing disorder — 53% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNEWTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NEWTONVILLE, MA 02460
NEWTONVILLE, MA 02460
33aNPI1275655490assigned 04/06/2007
33bProvider typeLocal Education Agency (LEA)
28Total paid$203K
24GClaims15,770
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Local Education Agency (LEA) providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#54 of 234
Median peer was paid$48K
This provider vs. median4.2×
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 | 1,862 | $25K | |
| 2019 | 63 | $843.66 | |
| 2020 | 660 | $10K | |
| 2021 | 2,982 | $39K | |
| 2022 | 4,853 | $62K | |
| 2023 | 3,677 | $47K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,673 | $19K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92507 | Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or auditory processing disorder | 53% | 4,305 | 1,065 | $107K |
| 92508 | Group treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or auditory processing disorder | 25% | 4,260 | 1,070 | $50K |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | 20% | 6,442 | 1,560 | $41K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 1.8% | 435 | 198 | $4K |
| 97150 | Therapeutic procedure(s), group (2 or more individuals) | <1% | 97 | 50 | $1K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | <1% | 231 | 101 | $761.94 |
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 officialPOWERS, STEPHANIE (ASSIST DIRECTOR FOR PUPIL SERVICES)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Merit CDS, INC. | Saint Louis, MO | $3.15M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.