Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Baker, Wendy

Baker, Wendy was paid $180K by Medicaid between Jun 2019 and Oct 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBAKER, WENDY
PALM DESERT, CA 92211
33aNPI1942225917assigned 07/12/2006
28Total paid$180K
24GClaims1,498
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJun 2019 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Marriage & Family Therapist providers in California

Rank by total paid#493 of 1,717
Median peer was paid$66K
This provider vs. median2.7×

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

$0$2.5K$5.0K$7.5K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2019277$31K
2020292$34K
2021263$33K
2022366$46K
2023113$14K
2024incomplete187$23K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
90837 Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient 100% 1,498 537 $180K

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.