The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services INC.

The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services INC. was paid $50.73M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 37 billing codes. Its largest line is H0019, Behavioral health; long-term residential (non-medical, non-acute care in a residential treatment program where stay is typically longer than 30 days), without room and board, per diem — 18% of everything it billed.

Compared with peers

Next to other Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center) providers in Massachusetts

Rank by total paid#7 of 72

Median peer was paid$1.85M

This provider vs. median27×

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	103,313	$8.38M
2019	116,013	$8.39M
2020	88,484	$6.84M
2021	77,137	$7.03M
2022	61,153	$6.35M
2023	66,991	$7.73M
2024incomplete	53,077	$6.02M

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
H0019	Behavioral health; long-term residential (non-medical, non-acute care in a residential treatment program where stay is typically longer than 30 days), without room and board, per diem	18%	58,466	2,524	$9.25M
H0023	Behavioral health outreach service (planned approach to reach a targeted population)	16%	155,877	6,024	$8.22M
90834	Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient	16%	106,984	54,737	$8.05M
S9485	Crisis intervention mental health services, per diem	15%	14,650	7,887	$7.71M
T1040	Medicaid certified community behavioral health clinic services, per diem	9.9%	22,641	15,918	$5.03M
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	8.7%	74,168	67,595	$4.41M
H2011	Crisis intervention service, per 15 minutes	3.0%	9,923	3,090	$1.53M
T1017	Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes	1.4%	6,249	1,088	$732K
S5102	Adult day care, billed per dayDay care services, adult; per diem	1.2%	10,209	767	$634K
T1027	Family training and counseling for child development, per 15 minutes	1.1%	7,764	1,601	$546K
90791	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation	1.0%	5,697	5,260	$532K
H0004	Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes	<1%	8,117	4,681	$481K

25 more codes

90832	Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutes	<1%	9,549	$402K
H0038	Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes	<1%	4,710	$392K
90887		<1%	6,551	$339K
90847	Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes	<1%	3,894	$324K
H2019	Therapeutic behavioral services, billed per 15 minutes	<1%	2,529	$305K
90882		<1%	4,815	$299K
H2014	Skills training and development, per 15 minutes	<1%	1,694	$295K
T2003	Non-emergency transportation, per trip	<1%	18,365	$287K
90853	Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group)	<1%	10,952	$252K
90833	Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on)	<1%	6,436	$181K
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	<1%	1,658	$121K
S5100	Day care services, adult; per 15 minutes	<1%	1,734	$91K
H0046	Mental health services, not otherwise specified	<1%	1,454	$69K
90792	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services	<1%	510	$52K
H2015	Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutes	<1%	1,030	$47K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)	<1%	1,303	$40K
H2016	Community support for mental illness or disability, billed per day	<1%	1,758	$33K
99211	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity	<1%	2,737	$20K
H0005	Alcohol and/or drug services; group counseling by a clinician	<1%	751	$20K
99215	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)	<1%	92	$10K
99404		<1%	51	$8K
99443		<1%	2,089	$7K
90837	Psychotherapy session, about an hour	<1%	698	$2K
90836		<1%	26	$2K
99212	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward	<1%	37	$1K

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 officialLUCEY, AMY (BILLING MANAGER)