Behavioral
Counseling Associates
Counseling Associates was paid $703K by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and Dec 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 77% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOUNSELING ASSOCIATES
COLUMBIA, MO 65201
COLUMBIA, MO 65201
33aNPI1588180293assigned 08/15/2017
33bProvider typeCounselor
28Total paid$703K
24GClaims16,213
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Counselor providers in Missouri
Rank by total paid#7 of 91
Median peer was paid$31K
This provider vs. median23×
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 | 104 | $5K | |
| 2019 | 34 | $2K | |
| 2020 | 1,414 | $68K | |
| 2021 | 2,161 | $117K | |
| 2022 | 1,367 | $101K | |
| 2023 | 2,099 | $223K | |
| 2024incomplete | 9,034 | $186K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 77% | 13,092 | 2,835 | $540K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 18% | 2,656 | 1,391 | $130K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 2.9% | 214 | 201 | $20K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 1.8% | 251 | 175 | $13K |
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 officialWILLIAMS, MELISSA (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Partnership for Health Health Care | Atlanta, GA | $4.91M |
| Willpower Behavioral Health Services, LLC | Tallulah, LA | $800K |
| Smart Therapy, LLC | Canton, MS | $687K |
| Melissa M Williams Licensed Counselor | Columbia, MO | $142K |
| New Albany Outpatient Surgery, LLC | New Albany, IN | $114K |
| Self Concepts Clinical Counseling Services, INC. | Gastonia, NC | $50K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.