Agency
The Special Children Center
The Special Children Center was paid $17.42M by Medicaid between Mar 2019 and Dec 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is H2016, community support for mental illness or disability, billed per day — 87% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHE SPECIAL CHILDREN CENTER
LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701
LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701
33aNPI1457727141assigned 08/17/2015
33bProvider typeDevelopmentally Disabled Services Day Training Agency
28Total paid$17.42M
24GClaims33,355
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthMar 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Developmentally Disabled Services Day Training Agency providers in New Jersey
Rank by total paid#39 of 154
Median peer was paid$4.61M
This provider vs. median3.8×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 147 | $134K | |
| 2020 | 445 | $2.30M | |
| 2021 | 577 | $2.24M | |
| 2022 | 7,700 | $2.63M | |
| 2023 | 11,579 | $4.53M | |
| 2024incomplete | 12,907 | $5.59M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2016 | Community support for mental illness or disability, billed per dayComprehensive community support services, per diem | 87% | 15,853 | 788 | $15.20M |
| H2015 | Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes | 10.0% | 13,959 | 1,482 | $1.74M |
| T2021 | Day program for adults with developmental disabilities, per 15 minutesDay habilitation, waiver; per 15 minutes | 2.2% | 2,966 | 270 | $386K |
| A0090 | Non-emergency transportation, per mile - vehicle provided by individual (family member, self, neighbor) with vested interest | <1% | 509 | 499 | $62K |
| H2021 | Community-based wrap-around services, per 15 minutes | <1% | 53 | 14 | $20K |
| T1005 | Respite care services, up to 15 minutes | <1% | 15 | 13 | $9K |
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 officialBENDER, CHAYA (DIRECTOR)