New Mexico School for the Deaf Step Hi Program

New Mexico School for the Deaf Step Hi Program was paid $1.83M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is T1027, Family training and counseling for child development, per 15 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoNEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF STEP HI PROGRAM
SANTA FE, NM 87505

33aNPI1366502783assigned 12/08/2006

33bProvider typeLocal Education Agency (LEA)

28Total paid$1.83M

24GClaims17,932

24DCodes billed1

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Local Education Agency (LEA) providers in New Mexico

Rank by total paid#11 of 51

Median peer was paid$619K

This provider vs. median3.0×

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 T1027 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	2,102	$236K
2019	2,359	$263K
2020	2,801	$249K
2021	2,298	$217K
2022	2,358	$254K
2023	2,793	$299K
2024incomplete	3,221	$315K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
T1027	Family training and counseling for child development, per 15 minutes	100%	17,932	4,301	$1.83M

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 officialSTERN, RONALD (SUPERINTENDENT)