Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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The Psychological Center, INC.

The Psychological Center, INC. was paid $5.86M by Medicaid between Nov 2018 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is H0019, Behavioral health; long-term residential (non-medical, non-acute care in a residential treatment program where stay is typically longer than 30 days), without room and board, per diem — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoTHE PSYCHOLOGICAL CENTER, INC.
LAWRENCE, MA 01840
33aNPI1790878486assigned 10/02/2006
28Total paid$5.86M
24GClaims1,357
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthNov 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Massachusetts

Rank by total paid#55 of 169
Median peer was paid$1.37M
This provider vs. median4.3×

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 H0019 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$100K$200K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201825$74K
2019125$440K
202043$172K
2021110$517K
2022260$1.13M
2023442$1.88M
2024incomplete352$1.64M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
H0019 Behavioral health; long-term residential (non-medical, non-acute care in a residential treatment program where stay is typically longer than 30 days), without room and board, per diem 100% 1,357 1,039 $5.86M

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 officialCOTTON, JOSEPH (CEO)