Agency
Tchefuncte Family Counseling
Tchefuncte Family Counseling was paid $79K by Medicaid between Mar 2019 and Oct 2023, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 53% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTCHEFUNCTE FAMILY COUNSELING
COVINGTON, LA 70433
COVINGTON, LA 70433
33aNPI1396136933assigned 02/17/2015
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$79K
24GClaims2,017
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthMar 2019 – Oct 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#315 of 374
Median peer was paid$831K
This provider vs. median0.1×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 105 | $5K | |
| 2020 | 457 | $20K | |
| 2021 | 758 | $27K | |
| 2022 | 545 | $22K | |
| 2023 | 152 | $5K |
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 | 53% | 1,201 | 478 | $42K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 44% | 787 | 366 | $35K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 2.4% | 29 | 26 | $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 officialKIRK, KAREN (LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Karen S. Kirk, PHD, PLLC | Wilmington, NC | $331K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.