NEW BEHAVIOR HEALTH DIRECTION INC

NPI 1275019754, organization, Miami, FL, Community/Behavioral Health

Evidence tier

adjudicated in a public enforcement record

Adjudicated (sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated October 11, 2024.
No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.

Public enforcement record: Miami Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years in Prison and Ordered to Pay Over $3.8 Million for Fraudulently Billing Medicaid for Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services

score 90 of 100, rank 683, $0 at stake

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Name	NEW BEHAVIOR HEALTH DIRECTION INC
Type	Organization
Status	Active
NPI issued	July 17, 2018, last updated July 17, 2018
Practice location	330 SW 27TH AVE STE 406, Miami, FL 33135-2967, 786-838-9294
Authorized official	JOEL DIAZ MARTIN (Owner)
Specialties	Community/Behavioral Health (251S00000X, primary)

In this area

256 providers in Miami-Dade County, FL carry an indicator in the public record, with $454.5M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 203 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 44. 5 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	ALAN SWARTZ Miami, FL, ranked 419	$452	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since January 11, 2021. Medicaid still paid claims in 1 later month, $452 in total.
1	ROSALVA ZEGARRA Hialeah, FL, ranked 424	$302	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since December 1, 2020. Medicaid still paid claims in 1 later month, $302 in total.
1	LARKIN BEHAVIOR HEALTH INC Hialeah Gardens, FL, ranked 501	$0	Adjudicated (sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated October 11, 2024. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
1	ABRH CARE INC Miami, FL, ranked 507	$0	Adjudicated (sentenced, charged) per an HHS-OIG enforcement record and a Department of Justice release dated May 22, 2026. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
1	DAVILA MEDICAL CENTER INC Miami, FL, ranked 649	$0	Adjudicated (sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated October 11, 2024. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
2	MARIA MACHADO Miami, FL, ranked 691	$4.0M	Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 9 months, peaking at 25.9 hours per day across 10 billing organizations. Medicaid dollars per patient on code 97110 ($428 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
2	MASSIEL MERLO-GOMEZ Miami, FL, ranked 740	$387K	Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 1 month, peaking at 14.2 hours per day across 4 billing organizations.
3	PRIMARY MEDICAL STAFFING, INC. Miami Lakes, FL, ranked 756	$17.5M	Part of provider network D1-00129, ranked 129 nationally. Medicaid dollars per patient on code S9123 ($12257 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.

All 256 in FL

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