Behavioral
Mefford Vuagniaux & Associates
Mefford Vuagniaux & Associates was paid $241K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 90834, psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes — 59% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMEFFORD VUAGNIAUX & ASSOCIATES
SEDALIA, MO 65301
SEDALIA, MO 65301
33aNPI1477656585assigned 09/06/2006
33bProvider typeClinical Psychologist
28Total paid$241K
24GClaims4,165
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Psychologist providers in Missouri
Rank by total paid#9 of 91
Median peer was paid$19K
This provider vs. median13×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 838 | $42K | |
| 2019 | 555 | $28K | |
| 2020 | 612 | $29K | |
| 2021 | 834 | $43K | |
| 2022 | 361 | $19K | |
| 2023 | 339 | $24K | |
| 2024incomplete | 626 | $55K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 59% | 2,622 | 1,720 | $143K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 41% | 1,543 | 1,116 | $98K |
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 officialMEFFORD, THOMAS (PRESIDENT)