Behavioral
A Step Forward, INC.
A Step Forward, INC. was paid $268K by Medicaid between Jan 2020 and Dec 2023, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 90834, psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes — 68% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoA STEP FORWARD, INC.
BALTIMORE, MD 21217
BALTIMORE, MD 21217
33aNPI1700225497assigned 06/17/2013
33bProvider typeSocial Worker
28Total paid$268K
24GClaims4,871
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2020 – Dec 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Social Worker providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#16 of 85
Median peer was paid$44K
This provider vs. median6.1×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,635 | $68K | |
| 2021 | 400 | $18K | |
| 2022 | 1,291 | $76K | |
| 2023 | 1,545 | $106K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 68% | 2,181 | 781 | $183K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | 31% | 2,677 | 517 | $83K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 13 | 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 officialCAMPBELL, LELA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| A Step Forward, INC. | Baltimore, MD | $1.45M |
| A Step Forward, INC. | Baltimore, MD | $1.23M |
| Blue Campbell and Associates LLC | Baltimore, NONE | $14K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.