Agency
Area Education Agency 1
Area Education Agency 1 was paid $176K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 96158, — 33% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoAREA EDUCATION AGENCY 1
ELKADER, IA 52043
ELKADER, IA 52043
33aNPI1518022037assigned 12/26/2006
33bProvider typeLocal Education Agency (LEA)
28Total paid$176K
24GClaims8,203
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Local Education Agency (LEA) providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#77 of 101
Median peer was paid$1.33M
This provider vs. median0.1×
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 | 1,290 | $29K | |
| 2019 | 1,227 | $31K | |
| 2020 | 1,383 | $25K | |
| 2021 | 1,749 | $39K | |
| 2022 | 1,196 | $24K | |
| 2023 | 573 | $11K | |
| 2024incomplete | 785 | $16K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96158 | 33% | 2,221 | 1,826 | $58K | |
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes | 25% | 2,041 | 1,285 | $43K |
| T1017 | Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes | 23% | 2,645 | 2,249 | $41K |
| 96152 | 18% | 1,151 | 833 | $32K | |
| 96159 | 1.1% | 145 | 125 | $2K |
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 officialBLATT, HAROLD (DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Area Education Agency No 1 of Iowa | Elkader, IA | $177K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.