Behavioral
High Desert Family Services LLC
High Desert Family Services LLC was paid $25.31M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is S5145, Foster care, therapeutic, child; per diem — 75% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHIGH DESERT FAMILY SERVICES LLC
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87123
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87123
33aNPI1427507706assigned 09/27/2016
33bProvider typeMental Health Counselor
28Total paid$25.31M
24GClaims64,500
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Mental Health Counselor providers in New Mexico
Rank by total paid#3 of 159
Median peer was paid$100K
This provider vs. median254×
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 | 8,048 | $2.59M | |
| 2019 | 8,958 | $4.65M | |
| 2020 | 7,585 | $4.66M | |
| 2021 | 2,544 | $3.70M | |
| 2022 | 6,260 | $3.23M | |
| 2023 | 16,052 | $3.39M | |
| 2024incomplete | 15,053 | $3.11M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5145 | Foster care, therapeutic, child; per diem | 75% | 25,416 | 2,683 | $18.90M |
| T1005 | Respite care services, up to 15 minutes | 16% | 8,829 | 2,075 | $4.04M |
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes | 6.0% | 14,988 | 2,527 | $1.53M |
| 97535 | Self-care/home management training, each 15 minutes | 1.2% | 5,356 | 1,668 | $306K |
| 97112 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; neuromuscular reeducation of movement, balance, coordination | <1% | 4,174 | 1,186 | $213K |
| 97533 | <1% | 1,896 | 567 | $192K | |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | <1% | 2,785 | 531 | $111K |
| 97150 | Therapeutic procedure(s), group (2 or more individuals) | <1% | 1,020 | 417 | $19K |
| 97168 | <1% | 36 | 36 | $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 officialTAFOYA, LETICIA (CEO)