Clinic
Mental Health Systems, INC.
Mental Health Systems, INC. was paid $4.39M by Medicaid between Sep 2019 and Jun 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is H2015, community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutes — 42% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
SAN DIEGO, CA 92120
SAN DIEGO, CA 92120
33aNPI1740846542assigned 05/16/2019
33bProvider typeCommunity Health Clinic/Center
28Total paid$4.39M
24GClaims14,315
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthSep 2019 – Jun 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community Health Clinic/Center providers in California
Rank by total paid#100 of 288
Median peer was paid$2.15M
This provider vs. median2.0×
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.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official CALLAGHAN, JAMES controls 17+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 400 | $139K | |
| 2020 | 2,709 | $680K | |
| 2021 | 3,468 | $1.05M | |
| 2022 | 3,053 | $1.00M | |
| 2023 | 2,385 | $768K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,300 | $759K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2015 | Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes | 42% | 5,310 | 2,647 | $1.85M |
| H2010 | Comprehensive medication services, per 15 minutes | 30% | 5,134 | 3,237 | $1.30M |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 7.2% | 545 | 532 | $317K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 5.3% | 709 | 458 | $234K |
| G2212 | Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or qualified healthcare professional, with or without direct patient contact (list separately in addition to cpt codes 99205, 99215, 99483 for office or other outpatient evaluation and management services) (do not report g2212 on the same date of service as 99358, 99359, 99415, 99416). (do not report g2212 for any time unit less than 15 minutes) | 4.2% | 393 | 288 | $183K |
| H0032 | Mental health service plan development by non-physician | 2.7% | 536 | 532 | $119K |
| T1017 | Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes | 2.6% | 509 | 322 | $113K |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | 2.4% | 550 | 208 | $107K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 1.3% | 102 | 91 | $56K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 1.1% | 215 | 129 | $50K |
| H2017 | Psychosocial rehabilitation, billed per 15 minutesPsychosocial rehabilitation services, per 15 minutes | <1% | 81 | 47 | $24K |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | <1% | 21 | 21 | $17K |
3 more codes
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 officialCALLAGHAN, JAMES (PRESIDENT/CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | Oceanside, CA | $13.38M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | San Diego, CA | $11.98M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | Escondido, CA | $10.92M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | Vista, CA | $7.79M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | Escondido, CA | $7.39M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | San Diego, CA | $6.53M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | Escondido, CA | $5.81M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | Oceanside, CA | $5.51M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | Santee, CA | $4.70M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | Escondido, CA | $4.20M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | San Diego, CA | $3.51M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | San Diego, CA | $3.07M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | San Diego, CA | $2.89M |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | Hanford, CA | $346K |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | Ramona, CA | $322K |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | Fallbrook, CA | $244K |
| Mental Health Systems, INC. | San Diego, CA | $9K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.