Preferred Behavioral Health of NJ
Preferred Behavioral Health of NJ was paid $979K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 90834, psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes — 67% of everything it billed.
LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701
Next to other Adult Mental Health Clinic/Center providers in New Jersey
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2,479 | $160K | |
| 2019 | 1,923 | $142K | |
| 2020 | 1,128 | $98K | |
| 2021 | 1,455 | $134K | |
| 2022 | 1,534 | $147K | |
| 2023 | 1,637 | $156K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,541 | $143K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 67% | 6,899 | 3,066 | $653K |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 22% | 1,961 | 1,666 | $213K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | 6.3% | 2,202 | 668 | $62K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 3.5% | 522 | 365 | $34K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 1.3% | 84 | 75 | $13K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 29 | 29 | $5K |
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Lakewood, NJ | $13.04M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Lakewood, NJ | $9.54M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Lakewood, NJ | $6.71M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Brick, NJ | $4.40M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC | Lakewood, NJ | $2.19M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC | Toms River, NJ | $1.73M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of NJ | Lakewood, NJ | $1.73M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Barnegat, NJ | $1.23M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey | Toms River, NJ | $704K |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Barnegat, NJ | $403K |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Toms River, NJ | $332K |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Eatontown, NJ | $21K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.