Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Link Associates

Link Associates was paid $83.28M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is S5136, Companion care, adult (e.g., iadl/adl); per diem — 49% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLINK ASSOCIATES
WEST DES MOINES, IA 50266
33aNPI1619023488assigned 01/26/2007
28Total paid$83.28M
24GClaims450,623
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities Community Based Residential Treatment Facility providers in Iowa

Rank by total paid#4 of 22
Median peer was paid$28.86M
This provider vs. median2.9×

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.

Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$500K$1.0M$1.5M2018201920202021202220232024
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
201852,628$9.81M
201966,359$11.68M
202056,558$11.25M
202167,319$12.44M
202264,451$12.90M
202371,966$12.87M
2024incomplete71,342$12.34M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
S5136 Companion care, adult (e.g., iadl/adl); per diem 49% 157,929 5,738 $40.87M
H2016 Community support for mental illness or disability, billed per dayComprehensive community support services, per diem 22% 58,073 2,146 $18.14M
T2020 Day habilitation, waiver; per diem 18% 152,735 11,178 $14.93M
H2025 Ongoing support to maintain employment, per 15 minutes 4.1% 6,261 4,386 $3.44M
T2003 Non-emergency transportation, per tripNon-emergency transportation; encounter/trip 3.4% 43,651 4,307 $2.83M
H2015 Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes 1.9% 4,777 1,403 $1.59M
T1017 Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes <1% 5,618 1,904 $683K
S0215 Non-emergency transportation; mileage, per mile <1% 10,120 424 $324K
T2021 Day program for adults with developmental disabilities, per 15 minutesDay habilitation, waiver; per 15 minutes <1% 7,900 3,625 $311K
T2018 Habilitation, supported employment, waiver; per diem <1% 1,058 446 $105K
A0100 Non-emergency taxi ride to a medical appointmentNon-emergency transportation; taxi <1% 2,151 434 $59K
W1300 0% 350 138 $0.00

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 officialO'BRIEN, STEVEN (FINANCE DIRECTOR)
Same official

Other billing entities under O'BRIEN, STEVEN

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