Agency
Building Blocks Counseling,llc
Building Blocks Counseling,llc was paid $9.68M by Medicaid between Jun 2018 and Dec 2024, across 25 billing codes. Its largest line is H0018, Behavioral health; short-term residential (non-hospital residential treatment program), without room and board, per diem — 33% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBUILDING BLOCKS COUNSELING,LLC
PHOENIX, AZ 85008
PHOENIX, AZ 85008
33aNPI1477959872assigned 11/12/2014
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$9.68M
24GClaims111,640
24DCodes billed25
24AFirst – last monthJun 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Arizona
Rank by total paid#70 of 474
Median peer was paid$1.18M
This provider vs. median8.2×
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.
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 | 2,524 | $100K | |
| 2019 | 7,563 | $823K | |
| 2020 | 16,240 | $1.30M | |
| 2021 | 15,164 | $1.50M | |
| 2022 | 29,589 | $2.08M | |
| 2023 | 28,539 | $2.49M | |
| 2024incomplete | 12,021 | $1.39M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0018 | Behavioral health; short-term residential (non-hospital residential treatment program), without room and board, per diem | 33% | 20,499 | 1,244 | $3.20M |
| H0015 | Alcohol and/or drug services; intensive outpatient (treatment program that operates at least 3 hours/day and at least 3 days/week and is based on an individualized treatment plan), including assessment, counseling; crisis intervention, and activity therapies or education | 22% | 17,038 | 2,176 | $2.15M |
| H0004 | Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes | 13% | 18,715 | 4,165 | $1.22M |
| T1016 | Case management, each 15 minutes | 8.6% | 18,480 | 5,281 | $828K |
| S9480 | Intensive outpatient psychiatric services, per diem | 8.4% | 2,098 | 344 | $809K |
| H0031 | Mental health assessment, by non-physician | 7.5% | 5,586 | 4,986 | $731K |
| H0002 | Behavioral health screening to determine eligibility for admission to treatment program | 4.8% | 23,966 | 1,797 | $468K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 1,049 | 547 | $55K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | <1% | 269 | 257 | $41K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 332 | 328 | $37K |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | <1% | 1,631 | 509 | $36K |
| 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 | <1% | 312 | 166 | $23K |
13 more codes
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hour | <1% | 146 | $21K |
| H2011 | Crisis intervention service, per 15 minutes | <1% | 197 | $17K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day | <1% | 213 | $12K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 370 | $12K |
| H2027 | Psychoeducational service, per 15 minutes | <1% | 315 | $10K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 67 | $7K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 39 | $4K |
| H2014 | Skills training and development, per 15 minutes | <1% | 201 | $3K |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | <1% | 42 | $2K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | <1% | 25 | $2K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) | <1% | 12 | $992.52 |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity | <1% | 25 | $739.44 |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 13 | $618.02 |
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 officialJOHNSON, VERN (OWNER/OPERATOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Building Blocks Counseling,llc | Apache Junction, AZ | $1.59M |
| Building Blocks Counseling,llc | Phoenix, AZ | $1.13M |
| Building Blocks Counseling,llc | Apache Junction, AZ | $712K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.