Behavioral
The Center for Life Changes
The Center for Life Changes was paid $185K by Medicaid between Nov 2019 and Jun 2023, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 90847, Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes — 44% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHE CENTER FOR LIFE CHANGES
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107
33aNPI1689147621assigned 01/02/2019
33bProvider typeMental Health Counselor
28Total paid$185K
24GClaims1,797
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthNov 2019 – Jun 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Mental Health Counselor providers in New Mexico
Rank by total paid#64 of 159
Median peer was paid$100K
This provider vs. median1.9×
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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 174 | $14K | |
| 2020 | 870 | $85K | |
| 2021 | 488 | $57K | |
| 2022 | 81 | $9K | |
| 2023 | 184 | $20K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 44% | 792 | 274 | $81K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 31% | 478 | 112 | $58K |
| 90846 | Family psychotherapy without the patient present, 50 minutes | 21% | 394 | 134 | $38K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 3.4% | 110 | 52 | $6K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 1.1% | 23 | 13 | $2K |
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 officialBABANI, ALEX (OWNER/MEMBER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Babani | Santa Teresa, NM | $231K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.