Agency
Mentally Ill Kids in Distress
Mentally Ill Kids in Distress was paid $2.56M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is S5150, respite care, billed per 15 minutes — 40% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMENTALLY ILL KIDS IN DISTRESS
TUCSON, AZ 85706
TUCSON, AZ 85706
33aNPI1366870776assigned 10/22/2013
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$2.56M
24GClaims65,406
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Arizona
Rank by total paid#169 of 474
Median peer was paid$1.18M
This provider vs. median2.2×
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.
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 | 5,615 | $19K | |
| 2019 | 5,728 | $142K | |
| 2020 | 8,222 | $394K | |
| 2021 | 8,176 | $498K | |
| 2022 | 7,561 | $288K | |
| 2023 | 13,613 | $572K | |
| 2024incomplete | 16,491 | $651K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5150 | Respite care, billed per 15 minutesUnskilled respite care, not hospice; per 15 minutes | 40% | 11,580 | 3,974 | $1.03M |
| T1016 | Case management, each 15 minutes | 21% | 29,679 | 9,758 | $546K |
| S5110 | Home care training, family; per 15 minutes | 19% | 9,468 | 4,766 | $495K |
| H2014 | Skills training and development, per 15 minutes | 11% | 5,730 | 3,463 | $273K |
| S0215 | Non-emergency transportation; mileage, per mile | 5.5% | 3,610 | 1,131 | $141K |
| A0120 | Non-emergency transportation: mini-bus, mountain area transports, or other transportation systems | 1.3% | 2,159 | 889 | $34K |
| H0031 | Mental health assessment, by non-physician | <1% | 263 | 260 | $22K |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | <1% | 271 | 220 | $12K |
| H0002 | Behavioral health screening to determine eligibility for admission to treatment program | <1% | 1,066 | 1,016 | $10K |
| H0004 | Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes | <1% | 59 | 37 | $3K |
| T1013 | Sign language or oral interpretive services, per 15 minutes | <1% | 43 | 27 | $59.17 |
| A0100 | Non-emergency taxi ride to a medical appointmentNon-emergency transportation; taxi | 0% | 1,478 | 254 | $0.00 |
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 officialAUNA, MATT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mentally Ill Kids in Distress | Phoenix, AZ | $7.38M |
| Mentally Ill Kids in Distress | Kingman, AZ | $6.11M |
| Mentally Ill Kids in Distress | Yuma, AZ | $5.38M |
| Mentally Ill Kids in Distress | Nogales, AZ | $3.22M |
| Mikid Mentally Ill Kids in Distress | Casa Grande, AZ | $2.62M |
| Mentally Ill Kids in Distress | Bullhead City, AZ | $1.60M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.