Bell, Vera

Bell, Vera was paid $372K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 85% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBELL, VERA
LONG BEACH, CA 90806

33aNPI1982714762assigned 08/30/2006

33bProvider typePsychologist

28Total paid$372K

24GClaims10,183

24DCodes billed7

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Psychologist providers in California

Rank by total paid#49 of 211

Median peer was paid$79K

This provider vs. median4.7×

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

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	627	$27K
2019	646	$29K
2020	1,436	$53K
2021	1,995	$61K
2022	2,002	$63K
2023	1,607	$56K
2024incomplete	1,870	$83K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
90837	Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient	85%	5,180	2,761	$315K
G2012	Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion	8.0%	2,412	1,276	$30K
G2010	Remote evaluation of recorded video and/or images submitted by an established patient (e.g., store and forward), including interpretation with follow-up with the patient within 24 business hours, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment	4.6%	1,877	1,004	$17K
99354		1.7%	81	52	$6K
90785		<1%	574	309	$3K
99215	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis	<1%	41	31	$348.41
G0444	Annual depression screening, 5 to 15 minutes	0%	18	13	$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.