Hands Center for Autism

Hands Center for Autism was paid $11.19M by Medicaid between Dec 2020 and Dec 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 97153, applied behavior analysis (autism therapy), per 15 minutes — 78% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHANDS CENTER FOR AUTISM
CARY, NC 27519

33aNPI1881151249assigned 02/21/2019

33bProvider typeAdolescent and Children Mental Health Clinic/Center

28Total paid$11.19M

24GClaims40,578

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthDec 2020 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Adolescent and Children Mental Health Clinic/Center providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#2 of 18

Median peer was paid$812K

This provider vs. median14×

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
2020	228	$56K
2021	3,578	$961K
2022	8,417	$2.44M
2023	17,136	$4.33M
2024incomplete	11,219	$3.40M

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
97153	Applied behavior analysis (autism therapy), per 15 minutesAdaptive behavior treatment by protocol, administered by technician, each 15 minutes	78%	23,295	1,270	$8.73M
97155	Adaptive behavior treatment with protocol modification, administered by physician, each 15 minutes	21%	14,937	1,267	$2.30M
97156		<1%	2,060	874	$101K
97151		<1%	286	79	$48K

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 officialEL-YOUSEF, HASSAN (MEMBER)