Agency
Idea Forum INC.
Idea Forum INC. was paid $3.00M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is H0005, Alcohol and/or drug services; group counseling by a clinician — 91% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoIDEA FORUM INC.
DENVER, CO 80223
DENVER, CO 80223
33aNPI1841518404assigned 05/06/2010
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$3.00M
24GClaims46,072
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Colorado
Rank by total paid#30 of 165
Median peer was paid$289K
This provider vs. median10×
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 Concentration91% of spending on code H0005 with only 3 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,597 | $97K | |
| 2019 | 1,314 | $76K | |
| 2020 | 7,000 | $423K | |
| 2021 | 7,621 | $460K | |
| 2022 | 12,233 | $862K | |
| 2023 | 11,441 | $761K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,866 | $316K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0005 | Alcohol and/or drug services; group counseling by a clinician | 91% | 43,219 | 13,045 | $2.72M |
| H0001 | Alcohol and/or drug assessment | 7.3% | 2,058 | 1,752 | $219K |
| H0004 | Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes | 2.0% | 795 | 318 | $59K |
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 officialAVINA, MIGUEL (COO)