Agency
The Next Step Behavioral Health LLC
The Next Step Behavioral Health LLC was paid $2.70M by Medicaid between Sep 2019 and Dec 2024, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is 90834, psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes — 66% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHE NEXT STEP BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LLC
KNOXVILLE, TN 37923
KNOXVILLE, TN 37923
33aNPI1770089351assigned 04/03/2018
33bProvider typeCase Management Agency
28Total paid$2.70M
24GClaims68,254
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthSep 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Case Management Agency providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#8 of 24
Median peer was paid$588K
This provider vs. median4.6×
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 | 507 | $16K | |
| 2020 | 3,083 | $113K | |
| 2021 | 8,515 | $307K | |
| 2022 | 15,534 | $583K | |
| 2023 | 20,294 | $801K | |
| 2024incomplete | 20,321 | $877K |
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 | 66% | 49,826 | 21,326 | $1.78M |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 9.7% | 4,651 | 2,302 | $262K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 5.9% | 3,487 | 2,301 | $159K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 5.5% | 3,013 | 2,909 | $148K |
| S9480 | Intensive outpatient psychiatric services, per diem | 4.2% | 1,624 | 231 | $112K |
| H0037 | Community psychiatric supportive treatment program, per diem | 4.0% | 1,114 | 161 | $107K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 1.3% | 1,252 | 1,088 | $36K |
| 90833 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on) | 1.2% | 1,573 | 1,373 | $32K |
| 90846 | Family psychotherapy without the patient present, 50 minutes | 1.0% | 592 | 475 | $27K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | <1% | 593 | 490 | $14K |
| 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% | 378 | 343 | $13K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | <1% | 70 | 66 | $3K |
1 more codes
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | <1% | 81 | $937.35 |
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 officialPETERS, RYAN (CEO/OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas University Physicians INC. | Kansas City, KS | $2K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.