Behavioral
Families First Counseling and Psychiatry, LLC
Families First Counseling and Psychiatry, LLC was paid $6.37M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 90834, psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes — 70% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFAMILIES FIRST COUNSELING AND PSYCHIATRY, LLC
BALTIMORE, MD 21201
BALTIMORE, MD 21201
33aNPI1992216493assigned 10/24/2017
33bProvider typeMental Health Counselor
28Total paid$6.37M
24GClaims54,164
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Mental Health Counselor providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#16 of 400
Median peer was paid$112K
This provider vs. median57×
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 | 3,271 | $365K | |
| 2019 | 7,877 | $865K | |
| 2020 | 10,848 | $1.18M | |
| 2021 | 9,986 | $1.11M | |
| 2022 | 8,230 | $1.00M | |
| 2023 | 8,581 | $1.09M | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,371 | $769K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 70% | 37,106 | 12,424 | $4.44M |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 14% | 7,774 | 3,308 | $917K |
| 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 | 5.5% | 2,968 | 2,675 | $349K |
| H0032 | Mental health service plan development by non-physician | 3.5% | 2,135 | 2,114 | $223K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 3.0% | 888 | 867 | $189K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 2.5% | 2,376 | 1,727 | $160K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | <1% | 220 | 220 | $42K |
| 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% | 545 | 360 | $32K |
| 90846 | Family psychotherapy without the patient present, 50 minutes | <1% | 94 | 88 | $11K |
| 90833 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on) | <1% | 46 | 41 | $3K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 12 | 12 | $2K |
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 officialCHRISTIANSEN, TODD (MEDICAL DIRECTOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Families First Counseling and Psychiatry, LLC | Greenbelt, MD | $19.88M |
| Families First Counseling and Psychiatry, LLC | Olney, MD | $19.37M |
| Families First Counseling and Psychiatry, LLC | Columbia, MD | $5.92M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.