DEONNE MARGARET WIDNER, MSW, LICSW

NPI 1689817751, individual, Bemidji, MN, Social Worker, Clinical

Evidence tier

structure or single-organization volume

Hours beyond a day in 6 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing.
Records needed.
Medicaid dollars per patient on code 90832 ($2876 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.

score 55 of 100, rank 7747, $1.5M at stake

Hours billed per day

Medicaid billing converted into hours of hands-on care per day. The lower bound counts one unit per claim line and needs no price; the other two divide dollars by a unit price, the conservative one at 1.5 times the price. The clinician on the claim may be a supervisor under state rules, so billing organizations are counted too.

month	what was found	hours per day, lower bound	hours per day, at price	hours per day, conservative	per working day	patients	billing organizations	codes	paid
Dec 2022	More hours than a day holds at a conservative unit price	5.8	37.4	25.0	35.2	52	2	90832 90837 90853	$115K
Jan 2023	More hours than a day holds at a conservative unit price	5.5	50.8	33.9	47.7	51	2	90832 90837 90853	$167K
Feb 2023	More hours than a day holds at a conservative unit price	4.8	41.0	27.4	38.3	32	2	90832 90837	$129K
Mar 2023	More hours than a day holds at a conservative unit price	4.8	42.8	28.5	38.4	32	2	90832 90837	$149K
Sep 2023	More hours than a day holds at a conservative unit price	6.7	37.4	24.9	35.6	61	2	90832 90837	$125K
Oct 2023	More hours than a day holds at a conservative unit price	7.0	39.4	26.3	37.0	53	2	90832 90837	$136K

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

Name	DEONNE MARGARET WIDNER, MSW, LICSW
Type	Individual
Status	Active
NPI issued	April 19, 2009, last updated February 6, 2025
Practice location	403 4TH ST NW STE 115, Bemidji, MN 56601-3155, 218-214-9389
Specialties	Social Worker, Clinical (1041C0700X, primary, license 19439 MN)

Procedures billed

The specific codes behind the dollars. Medicaid figures come from T-MSIS (2018 to 2024) and are compared with every other provider billing the same code; Medicare figures come from the 2024 physician and supplier file and compare this provider's submitted charge with what Medicare allowed, against the usual ratio for that code.

Medicaid, largest codes

code	what it is	paid	share	per patient-month	typical	rank among providers
90832	Psychotherapy, 30 minutes	$1.3M	69%	$3K	$59 (top 5% from $239)	100th percentile
90837	Psychotherapy, 1 hourhistory of abuse	$313K	17%	$447	$191 (top 5% from $442)	95th percentile
90853	Group psychotherapyhistory of abuse	$262K	14%	$2K	$60 (top 5% from $332)	100th percentile
90785	Psychiatric services complicated by communication factor	$571	0%	$48	$15 (top 5% from $35)	too few months to rank
H2014	Skills training and development per 15 minhistory of abuse	$0	0%	$0.00	$298 (top 5% from $3K)	too few months to rank

In this area

2 providers in Beltrami County, MN carry an indicator in the public record, with $1.4M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 2 of them.

tier	provider	at stake	why
5	PAULA WOODS Bemidji, MN, ranked 9843	$1.2M	Medicaid dollars per patient on code 90837 ($1568 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code. 88% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
5	PHILIP HEUER Bemidji, MN, ranked 10398	$185K	Medicaid dollars per patient on code 99211 ($521 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.

Recent enforcement in MN

All releases

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DOJOtherMay 22, 2026

This Week in Fraud: The Fraud Division Announced Expansion of Midwest Task Force and Authorization to Hire 15 New Medicaid Prosecutors, an Unprecedented Minnesota Health Care Fraud Takedown, and a $2 Billion Telemedicine Health Care Fraud Scheme

The Justice Department announced charges against 15 defendants for Medicaid fraud schemes totaling over $90 million in intended loss, a 10-year sentence in a $2 billion international health care fraud conspiracy in Brooklyn, and a Michigan jury conviction of a nurse who bribed a Detroit hospital nurse for confidential records used to bill Medicare in a $1.6 million scheme, along with expansion of the Health Care Fraud Midwest Strike Force and hiring of 15 additional Medicaid fraud prosecutors.

DOJChargedMay 21, 2026

Minnesota Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Against 15 Defendants for Over $90M in Fraud

Fifteen defendants were charged in connection with schemes involving over $90 million in intended loss against Minnesota Medicaid programs, including paying kickbacks to parents and billing for autism, Integrated Community Supports, Individualized Home Supports, Housing Stabilization Services and child care services that were not provided as represented.

DOJPleaded guiltyFeb 10, 2026

Fraud Tourists Plead Guilty to Minneapolis Medicaid Fraud

Two men set up businesses in Minneapolis, enrolled as Housing Stabilization Services providers, recruited Medicaid beneficiaries at homeless shelters and Section 8 housing, billed for services not provided, and used ChatGPT and fabricated e-mails to create fake client records when asked for documentation.

DOJChargedSep 24, 2025

First Defendant Charged in Autism Fraud Scheme

Hassan and others enrolled Smart Therapy LLC as an EIDBI autism services provider, recruited children with cash kickbacks to parents, employed unqualified behavioral technicians, and submitted inflated and fabricated Medicaid claims for services not provided, obtaining more than $14 million, while also submitting approximately $465,000 in fraudulent Federal Child Nutrition Program claims through Feeding Our Future.

DOJCivil settlementJun 26, 2025

NUWAY Alliance Agrees to Pay $18,500,000 Settlement in Medicaid Kickbacks Scheme, False Claims Act Violations

NUWAY compensated Medicaid patients for seeking intensive outpatient treatment in violation of the federal anti-kickback statute and submitted false claims for IOP services not provided by double-billing the same period of time as distinct billable units.

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