Preferred Behavioral Health of NJ
Preferred Behavioral Health of NJ was paid $1.73M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is H0015, Alcohol and/or drug services; intensive outpatient (treatment program that operates at least 3 hours/day and at least 3 days/week and is based on an individualized treatment plan), including assessment, counseling; crisis intervention, and activity therapies or education — 54% of everything it billed.
LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in New Jersey
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,588 | $181K | |
| 2019 | 1,011 | $111K | |
| 2020 | 1,736 | $190K | |
| 2021 | 2,724 | $250K | |
| 2022 | 4,747 | $337K | |
| 2023 | 5,005 | $335K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,805 | $327K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0015 | Alcohol and/or drug services; intensive outpatient (treatment program that operates at least 3 hours/day and at least 3 days/week and is based on an individualized treatment plan), including assessment, counseling; crisis intervention, and activity therapies or education | 54% | 8,379 | 1,250 | $937K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 21% | 3,720 | 1,938 | $370K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | 7.7% | 4,553 | 1,236 | $133K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 5.7% | 560 | 560 | $99K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 4.7% | 1,597 | 1,427 | $82K |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 4.1% | 539 | 491 | $71K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 1.4% | 52 | 52 | $24K |
| H0003 | Alcohol and/or drug screening; laboratory analysis of specimens for presence of alcohol and/or drugs | <1% | 2,029 | 1,238 | $9K |
| H0048 | Alcohol and/or other drug testing: collection and handling only, specimens other than blood | <1% | 2,175 | 1,686 | $5K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 12 | 12 | $936.00 |
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Lakewood, NJ | $13.04M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Lakewood, NJ | $9.54M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Lakewood, NJ | $6.71M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Brick, NJ | $4.40M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC | Lakewood, NJ | $2.19M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC | Toms River, NJ | $1.73M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Barnegat, NJ | $1.23M |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of NJ | Lakewood, NJ | $979K |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey | Toms River, NJ | $704K |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Barnegat, NJ | $403K |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Toms River, NJ | $332K |
| Preferred Behavioral Health of New Jersey, INC. | Eatontown, NJ | $21K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.