Vanguard Behavioral Health

Vanguard Behavioral Health was paid $2.95M by Medicaid between Oct 2022 and Dec 2023, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is H0015, Alcohol and/or drug services; intensive outpatient (treatment program that operates at least 3 hours/day and at least 3 days/week and is based on an individualized treatment plan), including assessment, counseling; crisis intervention, and activity therapies or education — 63% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoVANGUARD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
TUCSON, AZ 85745

33aNPI1417695149assigned 05/23/2022

33bProvider typeMental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center)

28Total paid$2.95M

24GClaims9,079

24DCodes billed10

24AFirst – last monthOct 2022 – Dec 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center) providers in Arizona

Rank by total paid#59 of 190

Median peer was paid$1.01M

This provider vs. median2.9×

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
2022	3,541	$1.18M
2023	5,538	$1.77M

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
H0015	Alcohol and/or drug services; intensive outpatient (treatment program that operates at least 3 hours/day and at least 3 days/week and is based on an individualized treatment plan), including assessment, counseling; crisis intervention, and activity therapies or education	63%	4,018	330	$1.87M
S9480	Intensive outpatient psychiatric services, per diem	32%	2,571	190	$946K
H0004	Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes	2.9%	834	107	$84K
H0031	Mental health assessment, by non-physician	<1%	104	104	$17K
90834	Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient	<1%	446	187	$15K
T1016	Case management, each 15 minutes	<1%	637	264	$8K
H0038	Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes	<1%	247	77	$5K
H0001	Alcohol and/or drug assessment	<1%	79	79	$3K
H0002	Behavioral health screening to determine eligibility for admission to treatment program	<1%	103	103	$2K
H0034	Medication training and support, per 15 minutes	<1%	40	40	$305.74

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 officialBRIGGS, LAWRENCE (CEO)

Same official

Other billing entities under BRIGGS, LAWRENCE

Full network →

Provider	Location	Paid
Pathfinders Recovery Center Colorado, LLC	Aurora, CO	$6.74M
Vanguard Behavioral Health	Albuquerque, NM	$2.13M
Pathfinders Recovery Center Colorado, LLC	Aurora, CO	$543K
Pathfinders Recovery Center Colorado, LLC	Aurora, CO	$518K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.