Bestself Behavioral Health, INC.

Bestself Behavioral Health, INC. was paid $57.71M by Medicaid between Oct 2018 and Nov 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is G9005, Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted maintenance — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.
BUFFALO, NY 14201

33aNPI1922210657assigned 05/04/2007

33bProvider typeMental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center)

28Total paid$57.71M

24GClaims188,543

24DCodes billed2

24AFirst – last monthOct 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

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

Rank by total paid#2 of 112

Median peer was paid$1.84M

This provider vs. median31×

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 G9005 with only 2 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	55	$5K
2019	8,871	$2.47M
2020	24,312	$6.99M
2021	34,886	$10.70M
2022	43,734	$13.70M
2023	42,998	$13.37M
2024incomplete	33,687	$10.48M

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
G9005	Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted maintenance	100%	187,476	187,473	$57.63M
G9001	Coordinated care fee, initial rate	<1%	1,067	1,067	$80K

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 officialHITZEL, HOWARD (PRESIDENT)