Providers

TAYLOR PALEN, LCSW

NPI 1992356703, individual, Denver, CO, Social Worker

4
Evidence tier
structure or single-organization volume
  • Hours beyond a day in 1 month under one organization, which can be supervisory billing.
  • Records needed.
  • Medicaid dollars per patient on code 90785 ($518 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
  • 92% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
score 57 of 100, rank 7337, $651K 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.

monthwhat was foundhours per day, lower boundhours per day, at pricehours per day, conservativeper working daypatientsbilling organizationscodespaid
Oct 2022More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line29.039.126.138.5100190791 90837$113K

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

NameTAYLOR PALEN, LCSW
TypeIndividual, sole proprietor
StatusActive
NPI issuedSeptember 23, 2019, last updated July 17, 2026
Practice location3946 S MAGNOLIA WAY, Denver, CO 80237-2014, 720-432-6101
Specialties
Social Worker (104100000X, primary, license CSW.0009922595 CO)

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
codewhat it ispaidshareper patient-monthtypicalrank among providers
90837Psychotherapy, 1 hourhistory of abuse$939K92%$518$191 (top 5% from $442)97th percentile
90791Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation$33K3%$213$105 (top 5% from $228)94th percentile
90785Psychiatric services complicated by communication factor$33K3%$45$15 (top 5% from $35)98th percentile
H0032Medicaid service code$15K1%$61$98 (top 5% from $675)21st percentile

In this area

37 providers in Denver County, CO carry an indicator in the public record, with $30.6M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 20 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 15. 2 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tierproviderat stakewhy
1NEW GENESIS LLC
Denver, CO, ranked 153
$90K
  • Listed on the CO Medicaid exclusion list since September 24, 2019.
  • Medicaid still paid claims in 1 later month, $89,629 in total.
1SAMIR HADDAD
Denver, CO, ranked 309
$7K
  • Listed on the NY Medicaid exclusion list since March 15, 2010.
  • Medicaid still paid claims in 8 later months, $6,619 in total.
3MGA HOME HEALTHCARE COLORADO, LLC
Glendale, CO, ranked 1396
$66K
  • Part of provider network D1-00084, ranked 84 nationally.
3GREATER DENVER HOME HEALTH CARE INC
Denver, CO, ranked 1711
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00098, ranked 98 nationally.
  • 99% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
3FIRST COLORADO HOME HEALTH CARE INC
Denver, CO, ranked 2046
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00098, ranked 98 nationally.
3CENTER AT LOWRY, LLC
Denver, CO, ranked 2093
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00140, ranked 140 nationally.
3AURORA PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE INC
Denver, CO, ranked 2099
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00053, ranked 53 nationally.
3OPTIMAL HOME CARE INC.
Denver, CO, ranked 2214
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00051, ranked 51 nationally.
All 37 in CO

Recent enforcement in CO

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DOJIndictedJun 23, 2026
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Omer offered three $500 kickback payments in exchange for referrals of Medicaid beneficiaries for adult daycare, and $10,000 in other kickback payments described as marketing expenses or office supply, to induce beneficiaries to attend Nadina Adult Daycare Center.
DOJCivil settlementNov 24, 2025
Southern Colorado Hospital and Doctors Agree to Pay $650,000 to Resolve Allegations That They Unlawfully Prescribed Opioids and Other Controlled Substances
Three physicians employed by Mt. San Rafael Hospital allegedly issued invalid prescriptions for controlled substances including opioids not for a legitimate medical purpose or outside the usual course of professional practice, and caused claims for those prescriptions to be submitted to Medicare and other federal health care programs.
DOJCivil settlementDec 3, 2024
$2 Million Resolves Kickback Allegations Relating to Denver Neuromonitoring Company
Assure paid remuneration to surgeons through joint venture companies to induce them to order intraoperative neuromonitoring services, resulting in claims submitted to federally funded healthcare programs.
DOJIndictedSep 24, 2024
Seven People Charged With Over $40 Million In Medicare And Medicaid Fraud
Defendants, through genetic testing laboratories they owned and operated, paid kickbacks and bribes to marketing companies for referrals for medically unnecessary genetic testing, resulting in more than $40 million in false and fraudulent claims paid by Medicare and Colorado Medicaid, and three defendants laundered the proceeds.

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