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The Mental Health Fund INC

The Mental Health Fund INC was paid $6.24M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is H2017, psychosocial rehabilitation, billed per 15 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoTHE MENTAL HEALTH FUND INC
NEWTON, NC 28658
33aNPI1598882193assigned 03/26/2007
28Total paid$6.24M
24GClaims32,859
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#143 of 856
Median peer was paid$908K
This provider vs. median6.9×

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 Concentration100% of spending on code H2017 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K$150K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20188,233$675K
20197,763$672K
20204,643$1.14M
20213,156$1.22M
20222,752$1.13M
20232,121$848K
2024incomplete4,191$544K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
H2017 Psychosocial rehabilitation, billed per 15 minutesPsychosocial rehabilitation services, per 15 minutes 100% 32,813 4,398 $6.22M
H2017U5 <1% 46 46 $21K

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 officialWATERS, JOHN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Same official

Other billing entities under WATERS, JOHN

Full network →
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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.