The Watson Institute Friendship Academy
The Watson Institute Friendship Academy was paid $5.19M by Medicaid between Jun 2020 and Dec 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is H0035, Mental health partial hospitalization, treatment, less than 24 hours — 100% of everything it billed.
PITTSBURGH, PA 15206
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Pennsylvania
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5,296 | $259K | |
| 2021 | 12,644 | $892K | |
| 2022 | 12,155 | $1.23M | |
| 2023 | 12,364 | $1.51M | |
| 2024incomplete | 10,039 | $1.30M |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0035 | Mental health partial hospitalization, treatment, less than 24 hours | 100% | 52,498 | 3,351 | $5.19M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Watson Institute | Sewickley, PA | $730K |
| The Watson Institute | Sewickley, PA | $25K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.