Agency
Peerbuddies
Peerbuddies was paid $134K by Medicaid between Jul 2018 and Aug 2021, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is 90853, Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPEERBUDDIES
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105
33aNPI1669722674assigned 09/17/2012
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$134K
24GClaims657
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJul 2018 – Aug 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in California
Rank by total paid#457 of 633
Median peer was paid$779K
This provider vs. median0.2×
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
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 | 143 | $24K | |
| 2020 | 96 | $21K | |
| 2021 | 418 | $90K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | 100% | 657 | 77 | $134K |
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 officialSHAHRESTANI, ELIKA (DIRECTOR)