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The Mental Health Fund INC

The Mental Health Fund INC was paid $2.35M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is T2021, day program for adults with developmental disabilities, per 15 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoTHE MENTAL HEALTH FUND INC
HICKORY, NC 28602
33aNPI1609993203assigned 03/26/2007
28Total paid$2.35M
24GClaims22,085
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Developmentally Disabled Services Day Training Agency providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#72 of 125
Median peer was paid$2.75M
This provider vs. median0.9×

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 T2021 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$25K$50K$75K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20184,645$471K
20194,516$446K
2020908$92K
20211,316$136K
20222,485$267K
20234,749$527K
2024incomplete3,466$416K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
T2021 Day program for adults with developmental disabilities, per 15 minutesDay habilitation, waiver; per 15 minutes 100% 22,085 1,230 $2.35M

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 →
ProviderLocationPaid
The Mental Health Fund INCNewton, NC$6.24M
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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.