Behavioral
San Diego Center for Children
San Diego Center for Children was paid $3.37M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2023, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is S5102, adult day care, billed per day — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN
SAN DIEGO, CA 92111
SAN DIEGO, CA 92111
33aNPI1669690921assigned 04/23/2007
33bProvider typeMarriage & Family Therapist
28Total paid$3.37M
24GClaims47,416
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Marriage & Family Therapist providers in California
Rank by total paid#17 of 1,717
Median peer was paid$66K
This provider vs. median51×
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 S5102 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | 8,534 | $605K | |
| 2019 | 9,629 | $673K | |
| 2020 | 9,375 | $672K | |
| 2021 | 8,852 | $630K | |
| 2022 | 7,783 | $557K | |
| 2023 | 3,243 | $235K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5102 | Adult day care, billed per dayDay care services, adult; per diem | 100% | 47,416 | 3,604 | $3.37M |
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 officialBUCHER, JOHN (PROGRAM DIRECTOR)