Clinic
Create, INC.
Create, INC. was paid $1.71M by Medicaid between Jan 2019 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is 90834, psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes — 29% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCREATE, INC.
NEW YORK, NY 10026
NEW YORK, NY 10026
33aNPI1174620314assigned 09/20/2006
33bProvider typeSubstance Use Disorder Rehabilitation Clinic/Center
28Total paid$1.71M
24GClaims19,716
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Substance Use Disorder Rehabilitation Clinic/Center providers in New York
Rank by total paid#37 of 64
Median peer was paid$2.18M
This provider vs. median0.8×
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.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official LOWY, DANIEL controls 12+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 2,113 | $158K | |
| 2020 | 5,211 | $466K | |
| 2021 | 4,571 | $397K | |
| 2022 | 4,728 | $414K | |
| 2023 | 1,821 | $134K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,272 | $136K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 29% | 3,307 | 1,508 | $489K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | 22% | 6,745 | 1,554 | $381K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 16% | 2,426 | 1,276 | $273K |
| H0005 | Alcohol and/or drug services; group counseling by a clinician | 13% | 3,807 | 773 | $216K |
| G0397 | Alcohol and/or substance (other than tobacco) misuse structured assessment (e.g., audit, dast), and intervention, greater than 30 minutes | 8.1% | 936 | 447 | $138K |
| G0396 | Alcohol and/or substance (other than tobacco) misuse structured assessment (e.g., audit, dast), and brief intervention 15 to 30 minutes | 2.6% | 418 | 229 | $44K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 2.3% | 254 | 162 | $38K |
| H0001 | Alcohol and/or drug assessment | 1.7% | 184 | 146 | $29K |
| H0004 | Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes | 1.5% | 542 | 391 | $25K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 83 | 83 | $15K |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | <1% | 468 | 248 | $12K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 85 | 80 | $12K |
8 more codes
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) | <1% | 54 | $8K |
| 90833 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on) | <1% | 93 | $7K |
| 90849 | <1% | 136 | $7K | |
| S9480 | Intensive outpatient psychiatric services, per diem | <1% | 59 | $5K |
| H0002 | Behavioral health screening to determine eligibility for admission to treatment program | <1% | 17 | $3K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | <1% | 16 | $1K |
| 99051 | <1% | 71 | $971.70 | |
| H0049 | Alcohol and/or drug screening | <1% | 15 | $874.05 |
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 officialLOWY, DANIEL (CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Emusc, LLC | Glendale, NY | $60.27M |
| Argus Community, INC. | New York, NY | $4.89M |
| Argus Community, INC. | New York, NY | $3.56M |
| Create, INC. | New York, NY | $2.90M |
| Argus Community, INC. | Bronx, NY | $2.65M |
| Argus Community, INC. | Bronx, NY | $2.20M |
| Argus Community, INC. | New York, NY | $1.89M |
| Argus Community, INC. | Bronx, NY | $1.62M |
| Argus Community, INC. | Bronx, NY | $1.52M |
| Emusc, LLC | Glendale, NY | $1.42M |
| Argus Community, INC. | Bronx, NY | $1.34M |
| Emusc, LLC | Glendale, NY | $11K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.