Clinic
County of Kern
County of Kern was paid $473.44M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 72 billing codes. Its largest line is H2015, community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutes — 28% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOUNTY OF KERN
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
33aNPI1568658821assigned 09/20/2007
33bProvider typeAdult Mental Health Clinic/Center
28Total paid$473.44M
24GClaims4,280,553
24DCodes billed72
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Adult Mental Health Clinic/Center providers in California
Rank by total paid#1 of 99
Median peer was paid$1.44M
This provider vs. median328×
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.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official BURROWES, ALISON controls 11+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 629,270 | $44.59M | |
| 2019 | 673,612 | $53.92M | |
| 2020 | 709,334 | $71.14M | |
| 2021 | 615,446 | $74.71M | |
| 2022 | 630,053 | $86.27M | |
| 2023 | 630,928 | $85.86M | |
| 2024incomplete | 391,910 | $56.96M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2015 | Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes | 28% | 480,853 | 227,647 | $131.28M |
| H2017 | Psychosocial rehabilitation, billed per 15 minutesPsychosocial rehabilitation services, per 15 minutes | 21% | 398,988 | 226,167 | $100.85M |
| H0004 | Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes | 8.2% | 328,341 | 112,932 | $38.79M |
| H0020 | Alcohol and/or drug services; methadone administration and/or service (provision of the drug by a licensed program) | 7.4% | 2,338,012 | 91,286 | $35.10M |
| H2010 | Comprehensive medication services, per 15 minutes | 6.9% | 95,509 | 85,493 | $32.59M |
| T1017 | Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes | 4.9% | 149,822 | 89,718 | $23.01M |
| H2013 | Psychiatric health facility service, per diem | 4.8% | 7,285 | 2,644 | $22.83M |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 3.1% | 50,042 | 31,886 | $14.55M |
| 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 | 2.5% | 67,276 | 4,631 | $11.74M |
| H0005 | Alcohol and/or drug services; group counseling by a clinician | 2.2% | 132,152 | 24,724 | $10.58M |
| H0018 | Behavioral health; short-term residential (non-hospital residential treatment program), without room and board, per diem | 2.0% | 5,973 | 1,935 | $9.52M |
| H0032 | Mental health service plan development by non-physician | 1.4% | 31,707 | 25,373 | $6.81M |
60 more codes
| H0034 | Medication training and support, per 15 minutes | 1.4% | 34,355 | $6.42M |
| G2212 | Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or qualified healthcare professional, with or without direct patient contact (list separately in addition to cpt codes 99205, 99215, 99483 for office or other outpatient evaluation and management services) (do not report g2212 on the same date of service as 99358, 99359, 99415, 99416). (do not report g2212 for any time unit less than 15 minutes) | 1.3% | 25,826 | $6.03M |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | <1% | 19,820 | $3.88M |
| H2019 | Therapeutic behavioral services, billed per 15 minutes | <1% | 9,870 | $2.65M |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes | <1% | 10,975 | $2.44M |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | <1% | 7,662 | $1.85M |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) | <1% | 3,307 | $1.55M |
| H0031 | Mental health assessment, by non-physician | <1% | 3,189 | $1.55M |
| S9484 | Crisis intervention mental health services, per hour | <1% | 595 | $1.51M |
| T2024 | Service assessment/plan of care development, waiver | <1% | 1,914 | $1.22M |
| T2021 | Day program for adults with developmental disabilities, per 15 minutes | <1% | 3,102 | $1.14M |
| S5000 | Prescription drug, generic | <1% | 35,173 | $1.07M |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutes | <1% | 6,171 | $910K |
| S5001 | Prescription drug, brand name | <1% | 7,315 | $613K |
| G0397 | Alcohol and/or substance (other than tobacco) misuse structured assessment (e.g., audit, dast), and intervention, greater than 30 minutes | <1% | 1,485 | $399K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | <1% | 1,122 | $371K |
| H0014 | Alcohol and/or drug services; ambulatory detoxification | <1% | 1,977 | $336K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 3,088 | $223K |
| H2000 | Comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluation | <1% | 1,335 | $221K |
| 99607 | <1% | 1,038 | $187K | |
| 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% | 1,548 | $174K |
| H0001 | Alcohol and/or drug assessment | <1% | 335 | $140K |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | <1% | 648 | $138K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 1,125 | $132K |
| 99606 | <1% | 797 | $106K | |
| H0033 | Oral medication administration, direct observation | <1% | 1,057 | $87K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 462 | $73K |
| H0006 | Alcohol and/or drug services; case management | <1% | 535 | $60K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 181 | $47K |
| 99366 | <1% | 139 | $45K | |
| H0050 | Alcohol and/or drug services, brief intervention, per 15 minutes | <1% | 826 | $44K |
| H0049 | Alcohol and/or drug screening | <1% | 3,779 | $40K |
| 99368 | <1% | 84 | $27K | |
| 99605 | <1% | 150 | $19K | |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | <1% | 548 | $13K |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | <1% | 548 | $12K |
| 87389 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, HIV-1 antigen with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies | <1% | 500 | $11K |
| 86780 | <1% | 510 | $11K | |
| H2011 | Crisis intervention service, per 15 minutes | <1% | 43 | $7K |
| H0025 | Behavioral health prevention education service (delivery of services with target population to affect knowledge, attitude and/or behavior) | <1% | 74 | $6K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 449 | $6K |
| 86480 | <1% | 65 | $3K | |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | <1% | 144 | $3K |
| 90686 | <1% | 60 | $1K | |
| 90715 | <1% | 109 | $1K | |
| 90651 | <1% | 102 | $773.86 | |
| 90734 | <1% | 91 | $756.00 | |
| Q0144 | Azithromycin dihydrate, oral, capsules/powder, 1 gram | <1% | 58 | $614.64 |
| 90713 | <1% | 13 | $587.62 | |
| 90688 | <1% | 47 | $473.86 | |
| 90633 | <1% | 32 | $456.54 | |
| J0696 | Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg | <1% | 40 | $375.94 |
| 90723 | <1% | 16 | $260.18 | |
| Q0111 | Wet mounts, including preparations of vaginal, cervical or skin specimens | <1% | 45 | $186.83 |
| 90707 | <1% | 22 | $178.00 | |
| 90710 | <1% | 29 | $147.27 | |
| 90716 | <1% | 18 | $139.09 | |
| 90696 | <1% | 17 | $138.27 | |
| 90648 | <1% | 15 | $36.00 | |
| 90670 | <1% | 13 | $27.00 |
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 officialBURROWES, ALISON (DIRECTOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $45.24M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $44.53M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $41.43M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $36.61M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $23.77M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $18.49M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $17.84M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $9.17M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $6.60M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $1.21M |
| County of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $32K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.