Agency
Advocate Support Services, INC.
Advocate Support Services, INC. was paid $7.41M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is H0044, Supported housing, per month — 97% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoADVOCATE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC.
ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401
ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401
33aNPI1548327539assigned 01/02/2007
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$7.41M
24GClaims14,209
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#85 of 794
Median peer was paid$786K
This provider vs. median9.4×
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.
Single-Code Concentration97% of spending on code H0044 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | 2,035 | $961K | |
| 2019 | 2,024 | $944K | |
| 2020 | 2,109 | $944K | |
| 2021 | 2,089 | $1.00M | |
| 2022 | 1,862 | $1.07M | |
| 2023 | 2,066 | $1.20M | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,024 | $1.29M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0044 | Supported housing, per month | 97% | 11,708 | 11,684 | $7.22M |
| H0002 | Behavioral health screening to determine eligibility for admission to treatment program | 2.6% | 2,501 | 2,189 | $195K |
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 officialCROSSON, JAMES (PRESIDENT)