Chidester, Cathy

Chidester, Cathy was paid $24K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2018, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 90834, psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes — 74% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCHIDESTER, CATHY
CHAPARRAL, NM 88081

33aNPI1275826240assigned 05/24/2011

33bProvider typeMental Health Counselor

28Total paid$24K

24GClaims316

24DCodes billed2

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2018

Compared with peers

Next to other Mental Health Counselor providers in New Mexico

Rank by total paid#129 of 159

Median peer was paid$100K

This provider vs. median0.2×

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.

Auditor's notes

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

OIG exclusionListed on the federal exclusion list (09/20/2022).

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	316	$24K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
90834	Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient	74%	241	105	$18K
90847	Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes	26%	75	45	$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.