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Merakey Pennsylvania

Merakey Pennsylvania was paid $16.78M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is H0039, Assertive community treatment, face-to-face, per 15 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMERAKEY PENNSYLVANIA
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70601
33aNPI1871867887assigned 03/08/2012
28Total paid$16.78M
24GClaims22,346
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center) providers in Louisiana

Rank by total paid#6 of 122
Median peer was paid$1.01M
This provider vs. median17×

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 H0039 with only 3 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official TILSON, NORMAN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$200K$400K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20182,657$1.97M
20192,670$2.48M
20202,837$2.43M
20214,505$2.50M
20222,630$2.16M
20233,692$2.45M
2024incomplete3,355$2.78M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
H0039 Assertive community treatment, face-to-face, per 15 minutes 100% 21,410 14,974 $16.75M
90791 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation <1% 476 407 $22K
98960 0% 460 144 $0.00

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 officialTILSON, NORMAN (CORP SR. DIRECTOR OF BUS OPS)
Same official

Other billing entities under TILSON, NORMAN

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Merakey AllosRichmond, VA$22.48M
Merakey PennsylvaniaHuntingdon, PA$17.43M
Merakey PennsylvaniaHarrisburg, PA$13.08M
Merakey Parkside RecoveryPhiladelphia, PA$11.85M
Merakey Parkside RecoveryPhiladelphia, PA$6.05M
Merakey PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$5.10M
Merakey Montgomery CountyColmar, PA$5.03M
Merakey Montgomery CountyLansdale, PA$5.02M
Merakey Delaware CountySharon Hill, PA$4.99M
Merakey PennsylvaniaStroudsburg, PA$4.80M
Merakey PennsylvaniaStroudsburg, PA$4.06M
Merakey PennsylvaniaBethlehem, PA$4.01M
Merakey Montgomery CountyLansdale, PA$3.86M
Merakey Bucks CountyWarminster, PA$3.63M
Merakey Bucks CountyWarminster, PA$2.89M
NHS Stevens CenterCarlisle, PA$2.86M
Merakey Delaware CountySharon Hill, PA$2.77M
Merakey PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$2.63M
Merakey Childrens ServicesPhiladelphia, PA$2.13M
Merakey Chester CountyKennett Square, PA$1.96M

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.