Agency
A Caring Alternative, LLC
A Caring Alternative, LLC was paid $3.99M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is H2022, Community-based wrap-around services, per diem — 85% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoA CARING ALTERNATIVE, LLC
MARION, NC 28752
MARION, NC 28752
33aNPI1023456803assigned 06/13/2013
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$3.99M
24GClaims24,703
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#206 of 856
Median peer was paid$908K
This provider vs. median4.4×
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 | 3,059 | $192K | |
| 2019 | 3,732 | $167K | |
| 2020 | 4,788 | $870K | |
| 2021 | 4,133 | $769K | |
| 2022 | 3,855 | $869K | |
| 2023 | 2,918 | $580K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,218 | $542K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2022 | Community-based wrap-around services, per diem | 85% | 12,812 | 1,313 | $3.40M |
| 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 | 4.8% | 2,303 | 2,019 | $190K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 4.3% | 4,564 | 2,440 | $172K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 3.5% | 1,976 | 1,259 | $138K |
| 90833 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on) | 1.5% | 1,824 | 1,604 | $59K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | <1% | 236 | 162 | $15K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | <1% | 280 | 108 | $6K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | <1% | 108 | 70 | $5K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 51 | 49 | $4K |
| 90785 | <1% | 453 | 438 | $2K | |
| 98966 | <1% | 69 | 55 | $583.63 | |
| 98967 | <1% | 27 | 16 | $445.77 |
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 officialWEST, ANGELA (CHEIF FIANANCIAL OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Framework, LLC | Rockville, MD | $4.26M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Marion, NC | $2.05M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Morganton, NC | $1.95M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Asheville, NC | $976K |
| DRS Figueroa & Ashker, PA | Cumberland, MD | $356.05 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.