Agency
The Respite Connection, INC.
The Respite Connection, INC. was paid $38.03M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is S5150, respite care, billed per 15 minutes — 57% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHE RESPITE CONNECTION, INC.
URBANDALE, IA 50322
URBANDALE, IA 50322
33aNPI1558721241assigned 02/24/2016
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$38.03M
24GClaims67,685
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#14 of 134
Median peer was paid$2.44M
This provider vs. median16×
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 | 10,222 | $5.11M | |
| 2019 | 11,264 | $5.71M | |
| 2020 | 9,995 | $5.29M | |
| 2021 | 9,582 | $5.33M | |
| 2022 | 8,942 | $5.17M | |
| 2023 | 9,279 | $5.87M | |
| 2024incomplete | 8,401 | $5.55M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5150 | Respite care, billed per 15 minutesUnskilled respite care, not hospice; per 15 minutes | 57% | 38,216 | 36,678 | $21.73M |
| H2015 | Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes | 37% | 21,469 | 20,478 | $13.97M |
| T1005 | Respite care services, up to 15 minutes | 5.7% | 6,062 | 5,768 | $2.17M |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | <1% | 1,052 | 508 | $61K |
| T2027 | Specialized childcare, waiver; per 15 minutes | <1% | 26 | 24 | $52K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | <1% | 804 | 363 | $49K |
| H2021 | Community-based wrap-around services, per 15 minutes | <1% | 15 | 13 | $3K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | <1% | 41 | 12 | $957.54 |
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 officialRINGGENBERG, MICHAILA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)