Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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A Step Forward, INC.

A Step Forward, INC. was paid $1.23M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is H0044, Supported housing, per month — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoA STEP FORWARD, INC.
BALTIMORE, MD 21217
33aNPI1447606249assigned 05/11/2016
28Total paid$1.23M
24GClaims1,477
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Maryland

Rank by total paid#328 of 794
Median peer was paid$786K
This provider vs. median1.6×

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.

Single-Code Concentration100% of spending on code H0044 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$10K$20K$30K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2018251$189K
2019259$214K
2020313$235K
2021179$135K
2022166$161K
2023221$214K
2024incomplete88$81K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
H0044 Supported housing, per month 100% 1,449 1,447 $1.23M
H0002 Behavioral health screening to determine eligibility for admission to treatment program <1% 28 28 $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 officialCAMPBELL, LELA (PRESIDENT)
Same official

Other billing entities under CAMPBELL, LELA

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
A Step Forward, INC.Baltimore, MD$1.45M
A Step Forward, INC.Baltimore, MD$268K
Blue Campbell and Associates LLCBaltimore, NONE$14K

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