Agency
Nurturing Independence INC
Nurturing Independence INC was paid $5.85M by Medicaid between Dec 2019 and Aug 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is T2033, Residential care, not otherwise specified (nos), waiver; per diem — 98% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNURTURING INDEPENDENCE INC
KNOXVILLE, TN 37923
KNOXVILLE, TN 37923
33aNPI1104353689assigned 05/16/2017
33bProvider typeIn Home Supportive Care Agency
28Total paid$5.85M
24GClaims6,452
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthDec 2019 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other In Home Supportive Care Agency providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#35 of 144
Median peer was paid$2.39M
This provider vs. median2.4×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Single-Code Concentration98% of spending on code T2033 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 171 | $66K | |
| 2020 | 1,798 | $982K | |
| 2021 | 1,667 | $1.18M | |
| 2022 | 1,149 | $1.31M | |
| 2023 | 1,186 | $1.50M | |
| 2024incomplete | 481 | $816K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T2033 | Residential care, not otherwise specified (nos), waiver; per diem | 98% | 5,269 | 966 | $5.73M |
| T2021 | Day program for adults with developmental disabilities, per 15 minutesDay habilitation, waiver; per 15 minutes | 2.2% | 1,183 | 191 | $127K |
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 officialWALTER, JESSICA (OWNER)