Center for Children, INC.
Center for Children, INC. was paid $650K by Medicaid between Feb 2020 and Dec 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 38% of everything it billed.
PRINCE FREDERICK, MD 20678
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Maryland
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,450 | $156K | |
| 2021 | 102 | $12K | |
| 2022 | 1,028 | $142K | |
| 2023 | 1,128 | $161K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,179 | $179K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 38% | 1,779 | 1,000 | $249K |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 33% | 1,789 | 1,660 | $217K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 27% | 1,251 | 781 | $177K |
| H0032 | Mental health service plan development by non-physician | <1% | 68 | 68 | $6K |
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Center for Children, INC | La Plata, MD | $7.63M |
| Center for Children, INC. | Ellicott City, MD | $2.30M |
| Center for Children, INC | Leonardtown, MD | $1.65M |
| Center for Children, INC. | Annapolis, MD | $1.59M |
| Center for Children, INC | La Plata, MD | $1.01M |
| Center for Children, INC. | Leonardtown, MD | $693K |
| Center for Children, INC. | Lanham, MD | $323K |
| Center for Children, INC | Leonardtown, MD | $174K |
| Center for Children, INC | La Plata, MD | $144K |
| Center for Children, INC. | Prince Frederick, MD | $128K |
| Center for Children, INC | Prince Frederick, MD | $105K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.