Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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County of Kern

County of Kern was paid $44.53M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is S9484, Crisis intervention mental health services, per hour — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCOUNTY OF KERN
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93305
33aNPI1700210200assigned 09/03/2013
33bProvider typePsychiatric Hospital
28Total paid$44.53M
24GClaims26,631
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Psychiatric Hospital providers in California

Rank by total paid#2 of 25
Median peer was paid$384K
This provider vs. median116×

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 S9484 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official BURROWES, ALISON controls 11+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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
20184,548$4.45M
20194,296$4.50M
20204,035$5.61M
20213,890$6.75M
20223,750$8.02M
20233,482$8.15M
2024incomplete2,630$7.05M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
S9484 Crisis intervention mental health services, per hour 100% 26,631 22,533 $44.53M

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 officialBURROWES, ALISON (DIRECTOR)
Same official

Other billing entities under BURROWES, ALISON

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ProviderLocationPaid
County of KernBakersfield, CA$473.44M
County of KernBakersfield, CA$45.24M
County of KernBakersfield, CA$41.43M
County of KernBakersfield, CA$36.61M
County of KernBakersfield, CA$23.77M
County of KernBakersfield, CA$18.49M
County of KernBakersfield, CA$17.84M
County of KernBakersfield, CA$9.17M
County of KernBakersfield, CA$6.60M
County of KernBakersfield, CA$1.21M
County of KernBakersfield, CA$32K

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