Agency
A Caring Alternative, LLC
A Caring Alternative, LLC was paid $2.05M by Medicaid between Jun 2019 and Nov 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is S5151, Unskilled respite care, not hospice; per diem — 68% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoA CARING ALTERNATIVE, LLC
MARION, NC 28752
MARION, NC 28752
33aNPI1275079048assigned 01/17/2017
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$2.05M
24GClaims6,278
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJun 2019 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#303 of 856
Median peer was paid$908K
This provider vs. median2.3×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 422 | $147K | |
| 2020 | 698 | $243K | |
| 2021 | 1,167 | $410K | |
| 2022 | 1,366 | $474K | |
| 2023 | 1,172 | $249K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,453 | $524K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5151 | Unskilled respite care, not hospice; per diem | 68% | 3,949 | 485 | $1.39M |
| H0045 | Respite care services, not in the home, per diem | 32% | 2,329 | 251 | $654K |
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 (CREDENTIALING SPECIALIST)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Framework, LLC | Rockville, MD | $4.26M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Marion, NC | $3.99M |
| 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.