South Carolina Dept of Mental Health Accounting Office
South Carolina Dept of Mental Health Accounting Office was paid $19.97M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is H0031, Mental health assessment, by non-physician — 24% of everything it billed.
AIKEN, SC 29801
Next to other Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center) providers in South Carolina
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 21,968 | $2.77M | |
| 2019 | 24,782 | $3.08M | |
| 2020 | 24,414 | $3.14M | |
| 2021 | 20,691 | $2.77M | |
| 2022 | 20,984 | $2.98M | |
| 2023 | 21,118 | $3.04M | |
| 2024incomplete | 14,310 | $2.18M |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0031 | Mental health assessment, by non-physician | 24% | 36,866 | 28,778 | $4.80M |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 19% | 27,573 | 19,499 | $3.87M |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 13% | 4,951 | 4,660 | $2.52M |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 9.9% | 9,665 | 6,588 | $1.98M |
| 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 | 8.9% | 8,864 | 8,205 | $1.78M |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 7.4% | 6,474 | 4,876 | $1.48M |
| T1002 | Rn services, up to 15 minutes | 5.4% | 16,502 | 14,179 | $1.08M |
| 90846 | Family psychotherapy without the patient present, 50 minutes | 4.5% | 3,923 | 2,506 | $908K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 2.3% | 6,477 | 5,262 | $463K |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | 2.3% | 7,687 | 1,879 | $455K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 1.2% | 2,338 | 2,129 | $236K |
| H2017 | Psychosocial rehabilitation, billed per 15 minutesPsychosocial rehabilitation services, per 15 minutes | <1% | 1,649 | 526 | $102K |
6 more codes
| H2011 | Crisis intervention service, per 15 minutes | <1% | 725 | $92K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | <1% | 1,017 | $77K |
| J1631 | Injection, haloperidol decanoate, per 50 mg | <1% | 2,337 | $65K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 9,766 | $30K |
| H0002 | Behavioral health screening to determine eligibility for admission to treatment program | <1% | 678 | $25K |
| J2426 | Injection, paliperidone palmitate extended release (invega sustenna), 1 mg | <1% | 775 | $7.69 |
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.
Who's on the registration
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.