Joel G Prather PSY.D, P.A.

Joel G Prather PSY.D, P.A. was paid $520K by Medicaid between Feb 2019 and Dec 2023, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 59% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoJOEL G PRATHER PSY.D, P.A.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL 32407

33aNPI1477729895assigned 05/06/2008

33bProvider typeMental Health Counselor

28Total paid$520K

24GClaims6,369

24DCodes billed9

24AFirst – last monthFeb 2019 – Dec 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Mental Health Counselor providers in Florida

Rank by total paid#100 of 409

Median peer was paid$74K

This provider vs. median7.0×

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	952	$72K
2020	662	$53K
2021	1,640	$122K
2022	1,595	$128K
2023	1,520	$145K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
90837	Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient	59%	3,820	2,211	$308K
H2019	Therapeutic behavioral services, billed per 15 minutesTherapeutic behavioral services, per 15 minutes	19%	1,231	847	$101K
90791	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation	19%	914	851	$100K
H0032	Mental health service plan development by non-physician	1.2%	113	104	$6K
90847	Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes	<1%	142	106	$2K
96130		<1%	12	12	$2K
90785		<1%	83	56	$822.29
H0031	Mental health assessment, by non-physician	<1%	42	42	$207.00
96131		0%	12	12	$0.00

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 officialPRATHER, JOEL (PRESIDENT)