MARCO A. CERVANTES, LCSW

NPI 1730527292, individual, Deming, NM, Social Worker, Clinical

Evidence tier

informational

Medicaid dollars per patient on code 90832 ($313 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.

score 35 of 100, rank 9976, $1.9M at stake

National provider registry

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Name	MARCO A. CERVANTES, LCSW
Type	Individual
Status	Active
NPI issued	June 6, 2013, last updated October 17, 2025
Practice location	125 CHAPARREL BLVD NW, Deming, NM 88030-8629, 575-546-4800
Mailing address	PO BOX 370, Hatch, NM 87937-0370
Specialties	Social Worker, Clinical (1041C0700X, primary, license C-09210 NM) Social Worker (104100000X, license M-08385 NM)

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	$1.1M	49%	$313	$59 (top 5% from $239)	98th percentile
90834	Psychotherapy, 45 minutes	$765K	33%	$282	$101 (top 5% from $318)	93rd percentile
90837	Psychotherapy, 1 hourhistory of abuse	$263K	11%	$261	$191 (top 5% from $442)	75th percentile
90791	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation	$125K	5%	$197	$105 (top 5% from $228)	92nd percentile
90847	Family psychotherapy with patient, 50 minutes	$36K	2%	$277	$130 (top 5% from $458)	86th percentile
G0444	Annual depression screening, 5 to 15 minutes	$3K	0%	$196	$1.46 (top 5% from $16)	too few months to rank

In this area

48 providers in NM carry an indicator in the public record, with $55.4M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 26 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 13. 5 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	JOSE VELASQUEZ Anthony, NM, ranked 34	$265K	Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list since October 30, 2013. Medicaid still paid claims in 17 later months, $265,322 in total. and 1 more
1	MOHAMED ASWAD Deming, NM, ranked 64	$901K	Listed on the OIG exclusion list since January 20, 2016. Medicaid still paid claims in 55 later months, $901,321 in total.
1	AMOS LASH Silver City, NM, ranked 229	$25K	Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list since October 21, 2011. Medicaid still paid claims in 25 later months, $24,519 in total.
1	SUSANNE KEE Silver City, NM, ranked 333	$4K	Adjudicated (pleaded guilty, complaint) per a state attorney general release dated August 14, 2025. Medicaid paid $4,074 in the last 12 observed months.
1	KEITH LEVITT Albuquerque, NM, ranked 527	$0	Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a state attorney general release dated October 16, 2025. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
3	KLARUS HEALTH CARE, LLC Albuquerque, NM, ranked 816	$101K	Part of provider network D1-00077, ranked 77 nationally. Medicaid dollars per patient on code G0495 ($281 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
3	NEW MEXICO HEALTHCARE SERVICES, LLC Clovis, NM, ranked 830	$3.2M	Part of provider network D1-00062, ranked 62 nationally. 78% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
3	SAFEWAY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION Albuquerque, NM, ranked 892	$11.0M	Charged (complaint) per a Department of Justice release dated June 23, 2026, not adjudicated. Medicaid paid $11,014,169 in the last 12 observed months.

All 48 in NM

Recent enforcement in NM

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DOJPleaded guiltyJul 20, 2026

New Mexico Woman Pleads Guilty to $4M Medicaid Fraud

Irving, a driver for a non-emergency medical transportation company, submitted false trip records claiming she and her children were Medicaid beneficiaries without transportation and claiming trips that had not occurred, which the company used to submit fraudulent claims to New Mexico Medicaid.

DOJComplaint filedJun 23, 2026

National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 455 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $6.5 Billion in Alleged Fraud

A federal civil forfeiture complaint seeks more than $2 million in seized funds alleged to be proceeds of a scheme by Safeway Medical Transportation LLC to bill New Mexico Medicaid for non-emergency medical transportation trips that did not occur, drivers driving themselves to appointments, duplicate trips, inflated mileage, and falsified transportation records, and state charges were filed against a McKinley County man for using forged prescriptions to obtain Schedule II controlled substances from a pharmacy.

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