Behavioral
Penn, Paola
Penn, Paola was paid $23K by Medicaid between Aug 2023 and Sep 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 90853, Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) — 88% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPENN, PAOLA
WORCESTER, MA 01605
WORCESTER, MA 01605
33aNPI1447681614assigned 12/12/2013
33bProvider typeAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor
28Total paid$23K
24GClaims654
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthAug 2023 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#78 of 118
Median peer was paid$56K
This provider vs. median0.4×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 228 | $8K | |
| 2024incomplete | 426 | $16K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | 88% | 625 | 190 | $20K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 12% | 29 | 12 | $3K |
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.