Agency
The Guidance Center - Van Buren Clinic
The Guidance Center - Van Buren Clinic was paid $3.01M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 54% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHE GUIDANCE CENTER - VAN BUREN CLINIC
VAN BUREN, AR 72956
VAN BUREN, AR 72956
33aNPI1376718775assigned 04/25/2008
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$3.01M
24GClaims45,037
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#33 of 100
Median peer was paid$936K
This provider vs. median3.2×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official HOLWICK, AARON controls 13+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 17,128 | $976K | |
| 2019 | 7,285 | $442K | |
| 2020 | 3,233 | $239K | |
| 2021 | 3,663 | $261K | |
| 2022 | 3,864 | $285K | |
| 2023 | 4,841 | $389K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,023 | $417K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 54% | 20,396 | 13,016 | $1.62M |
| H0004 | Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes | 9.6% | 4,198 | 2,447 | $289K |
| H2019 | Therapeutic behavioral services, billed per 15 minutesTherapeutic behavioral services, per 15 minutes | 5.4% | 2,254 | 734 | $162K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 5.4% | 2,450 | 1,966 | $162K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 4.4% | 1,336 | 1,162 | $131K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 4.3% | 2,117 | 1,471 | $128K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | 4.2% | 3,589 | 1,451 | $125K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 3.3% | 2,918 | 1,602 | $100K |
| 90885 | 2.6% | 1,401 | 1,238 | $78K | |
| 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 | 2.4% | 1,695 | 1,536 | $71K |
| H2015 | Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes | 2.2% | 1,191 | 509 | $66K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 1.1% | 332 | 297 | $34K |
6 more codes
| H2011 | Crisis intervention service, per 15 minutes | <1% | 494 | $21K |
| 90846 | Family psychotherapy without the patient present, 50 minutes | <1% | 157 | $12K |
| 90887 | <1% | 256 | $6K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | <1% | 80 | $3K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 124 | $2K |
| S0220 | Medical conference by a physician with interdisciplinary team of health professionals or representatives of community agencies to coordinate activities of patient care (patient is present); approximately 30 minutes | <1% | 49 | $2K |
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 officialHOLWICK, AARON (CEO)
Parent organizationWESTERN ARKANSAS COUNSELING & GUIDANCE CENTER, INC
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Western Arkansas Counseling & Guidance Center, INC | Fort Smith, AR | $21.29M |
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| The Guidance Center - Mena Clinic | Mena, AR | $851K |
| 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.