Worcester County Health Department

Worcester County Health Department was paid $3.74M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is H0044, Supported housing, per month — 99% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWORCESTER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
SNOW HILL, MD 21863

33aNPI1982932208assigned 11/24/2009

33bProvider typePublic Health or Welfare Agency

28Total paid$3.74M

24GClaims7,953

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Public Health or Welfare Agency providers in Maryland

Rank by total paid#4 of 55

Median peer was paid$71K

This provider vs. median53×

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 Concentration99% of spending on code H0044 with only 3 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	1,318	$500K
2019	1,264	$491K
2020	1,126	$453K
2021	1,130	$542K
2022	1,131	$615K
2023	1,160	$639K
2024incomplete	824	$503K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
H0044	Supported housing, per month	99%	7,809	7,749	$3.71M
H2018	Psychosocial rehabilitation services, per diem	<1%	90	90	$25K
H0002	Behavioral health screening to determine eligibility for admission to treatment program	<1%	54	54	$4K

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 officialBARTON, HEATHER (DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES)

Same official

Other billing entities under BARTON, HEATHER

Full network →

Provider	Location	Paid
Worcester County Health Department	Snow Hill, MD	$15.91M
Worcester County Health Department	Snow Hill, MD	$3.83M
Worcester County Targeted Case Management	Snow Hill, MD	$2.35M
Worcester County Health Department	Berlin, MD	$1.73M
Worcester County Health Department	Berlin, MD	$171K
Worcester County Health Department	Snow Hill, MD	$45K
Worcester County Health Dept	Ocean City, MD	$9K
Worcester County Health Department	Ocean City, MD	$1K
Worcester County Health Department	Snow Hill, MD	$0.00

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.