Connections First, LLC
Connections First, LLC was paid $2.45M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 99% of everything it billed.
PORTLAND, OR 97210
Next to other Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center) providers in Oregon
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 116 | $12K | |
| 2019 | 990 | $141K | |
| 2020 | 3,249 | $456K | |
| 2021 | 5,545 | $791K | |
| 2022 | 5,034 | $725K | |
| 2023 | 1,609 | $272K | |
| 2024incomplete | 320 | $50K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 99% | 16,702 | 7,867 | $2.43M |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 161 | 158 | $21K |
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| The Exeter Cooperative School District | Exeter, NH | $894K |
| Exeter School District | Exeter, NH | $748K |
| David M Ryan, D.O. | Kennewick, WA | $133K |
| Hillside Family Practice PC | Enterprise, AL | $58K |
| Stratham School District | Exeter, NH | $17K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.