Agency
Independent School District #31
Independent School District #31 was paid $8.80M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is T1018, School-based individualized education program (iep) services, bundled — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #31
BEMIDJI, MN 56601
BEMIDJI, MN 56601
33aNPI1346390549assigned 01/11/2007
33bProvider typeLocal Education Agency (LEA)
28Total paid$8.80M
24GClaims169,997
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Local Education Agency (LEA) providers in Minnesota
Rank by total paid#15 of 395
Median peer was paid$371K
This provider vs. median24×
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.
Single-Code Concentration100% of spending on code T1018 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | 43,555 | $2.19M | |
| 2019 | 40,842 | $1.88M | |
| 2020 | 16,671 | $761K | |
| 2021 | 19,196 | $1.02M | |
| 2022 | 30,898 | $1.82M | |
| 2023 | 17,465 | $1.11M | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,370 | $11K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1018 | School-based individualized education program (iep) services, bundled | 100% | 169,997 | 11,183 | $8.80M |
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 officialVAADELAND, BOB (DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION)