The Guidance Center - Mena Clinic
The Guidance Center - Mena Clinic was paid $851K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 43% of everything it billed.
MENA, AR 71953
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Arkansas
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 | 3,109 | $183K | |
| 2019 | 1,798 | $97K | |
| 2020 | 1,664 | $105K | |
| 2021 | 1,756 | $114K | |
| 2022 | 1,774 | $104K | |
| 2023 | 1,707 | $111K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,713 | $138K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 43% | 4,306 | 2,358 | $362K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 23% | 4,279 | 3,006 | $192K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 10% | 1,308 | 973 | $87K |
| H0004 | Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes | 9.7% | 1,246 | 742 | $83K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | 3.6% | 728 | 352 | $30K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 2.1% | 177 | 157 | $18K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 2.1% | 155 | 134 | $18K |
| 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 | 2.1% | 377 | 367 | $18K |
| 90885 | 1.9% | 285 | 256 | $17K | |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 1.4% | 179 | 132 | $12K |
| H2019 | Therapeutic behavioral services, billed per 15 minutesTherapeutic behavioral services, per 15 minutes | <1% | 165 | 109 | $5K |
| H2015 | Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes | <1% | 129 | 104 | $5K |
2 more codes
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
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Western Arkansas Counseling & Guidance Center, INC | Fort Smith, AR | $21.29M |
| The Guidance Center - Crisis Stabilization Unit | Fort Smith, AR | $4.52M |
| The Guidance Center - Van Buren Clinic | Van Buren, AR | $3.01M |
| The Guidance Center - Booneville Clinic | Booneville, AR | $936K |
| The Guidance Center - Waldron Clinic | Waldron, AR | $331K |
| The Guidance Center - New Center | Fort Smith, AR | $247K |
| The Guidance Center - Ozark Clinic | Ozark, AR | $121K |
| The Guidance Center - Paris Clinic | Paris, AR | $117K |
| The Guidance Center - RCF Barling | Barling, AR | $66K |
| The Guidance Center - Primary Care Clinic | Fort Smith, AR | $37K |
| The Guidance Center - RCF Clarksville | Clarksville, AR | $16K |
| The Guidance Center - RCF Mulberry | Mulberry, AR | $12K |
| The Guidance Center - RCF Paris | Paris, AR | $4K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.