Agency
Jennifer a Costello LCSW LLC
Jennifer a Costello LCSW LLC was paid $1.30M by Medicaid between May 2022 and Dec 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is H0036, community psychiatric support and treatment, per 15 minutes — 96% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJENNIFER A COSTELLO LCSW LLC
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ 07950
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ 07950
33aNPI1447990528assigned 03/29/2022
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$1.30M
24GClaims5,997
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthMay 2022 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in New Jersey
Rank by total paid#208 of 446
Median peer was paid$1.09M
This provider vs. median1.2×
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 Concentration96% of spending on code H0036 with only 3 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | 1,469 | $317K | |
| 2023 | 2,015 | $441K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,513 | $540K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0036 | Community psychiatric support and treatment, per 15 minutesCommunity psychiatric supportive treatment, face-to-face, per 15 minutes | 96% | 5,763 | 1,892 | $1.24M |
| H0018 | Behavioral health; short-term residential (non-hospital residential treatment program), without room and board, per diem | 3.0% | 81 | 81 | $40K |
| H2014 | Skills training and development, per 15 minutes | 1.4% | 153 | 64 | $18K |
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 officialCOSTELLO, JENNIFER (OWNER)