Center for Children, INC

Center for Children, INC was paid $7.63M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 28% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCENTER FOR CHILDREN, INC
LA PLATA, MD 20646

33aNPI1639396468assigned 04/20/2007

33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency

28Total paid$7.63M

24GClaims64,657

24DCodes billed12

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Maryland

Rank by total paid#80 of 794

Median peer was paid$786K

This provider vs. median9.7×

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.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official MEYERS, CATHERINE controls 11+ related entities in our dataset. Read more

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	16,336	$1.73M
2019	11,889	$1.28M
2020	8,797	$955K
2021	10,923	$1.33M
2022	6,199	$809K
2023	5,014	$697K
2024incomplete	5,499	$830K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
90837	Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient	28%	16,715	8,947	$2.10M
90834	Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient	27%	16,634	9,748	$2.04M
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	21%	14,209	13,548	$1.64M
90847	Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes	7.5%	4,990	3,592	$573K
H0032	Mental health service plan development by non-physician	7.2%	5,514	5,491	$552K
90791	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation	3.9%	1,344	1,326	$298K
90832	Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient	2.9%	3,322	2,621	$220K
90792	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services	1.4%	525	516	$109K
90853	Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group)	<1%	912	291	$39K
99215	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis	<1%	129	126	$20K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	<1%	261	252	$19K
90846	Family psychotherapy without the patient present, 50 minutes	<1%	102	86	$12K

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 officialMEYERS, CATHERINE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Same official

Other billing entities under MEYERS, CATHERINE

Full network →

Provider	Location	Paid
Center for Children, INC.	Ellicott City, MD	$2.30M
Center for Children, INC	Leonardtown, MD	$1.65M
Center for Children, INC.	Annapolis, MD	$1.59M
Center for Children, INC	La Plata, MD	$1.01M
Center for Children, INC.	Leonardtown, MD	$693K
Center for Children, INC.	Prince Frederick, MD	$650K
Center for Children, INC.	Lanham, MD	$323K
Center for Children, INC	Leonardtown, MD	$174K
Center for Children, INC	La Plata, MD	$144K
Center for Children, INC.	Prince Frederick, MD	$128K
Center for Children, INC	Prince Frederick, MD	$105K

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