Agency
Karen S. Kirk, PHD, PLLC
Karen S. Kirk, PHD, PLLC was paid $331K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 90847, Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes — 45% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKAREN S. KIRK, PHD, PLLC
WILMINGTON, NC 28412
WILMINGTON, NC 28412
33aNPI1588912513assigned 08/23/2012
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$331K
24GClaims3,656
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#546 of 856
Median peer was paid$908K
This provider vs. median0.4×
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.
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 | 439 | $45K | |
| 2019 | 599 | $49K | |
| 2020 | 547 | $58K | |
| 2021 | 660 | $60K | |
| 2022 | 417 | $34K | |
| 2023 | 407 | $38K | |
| 2024incomplete | 587 | $48K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 45% | 2,250 | 1,509 | $148K |
| 96131 | 18% | 285 | 220 | $58K | |
| 96130 | 16% | 484 | 379 | $53K | |
| 96101 | 6.3% | 82 | 66 | $21K | |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 6.0% | 270 | 146 | $20K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 3.7% | 99 | 89 | $12K |
| 96137 | 2.3% | 48 | 44 | $8K | |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 1.5% | 48 | 42 | $5K |
| 96132 | 1.1% | 30 | 27 | $4K | |
| 96136 | <1% | 48 | 44 | $2K | |
| 90846 | Family psychotherapy without the patient present, 50 minutes | <1% | 12 | 12 | $1K |
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 officialKIRK, KAREN (OWNER / MANAGER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Tchefuncte Family Counseling | Covington, LA | $79K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.