Behavioral
Alternatives INC
Alternatives INC was paid $336K by Medicaid between Apr 2019 and Oct 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 90853, Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) — 52% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoALTERNATIVES INC
BILLINGS, MT 59101
BILLINGS, MT 59101
33aNPI1407337124assigned 08/22/2018
33bProvider typeAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor
28Total paid$336K
24GClaims13,752
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthApr 2019 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor providers in Montana
Rank by total paid#20 of 118
Median peer was paid$82K
This provider vs. median4.1×
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 | 1,300 | $27K | |
| 2020 | 2,916 | $66K | |
| 2021 | 2,300 | $44K | |
| 2022 | 2,385 | $63K | |
| 2023 | 2,641 | $76K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,210 | $59K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | 52% | 10,487 | 3,403 | $174K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 22% | 861 | 700 | $73K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 16% | 1,163 | 870 | $54K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 4.2% | 137 | 132 | $14K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 3.3% | 192 | 176 | $11K |
| H0048 | Alcohol and/or other drug testing: collection and handling only, specimens other than blood | 2.1% | 780 | 142 | $7K |
| 98968 | <1% | 108 | 99 | $3K | |
| 98967 | <1% | 24 | 18 | $389.62 |
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 officialARMSTRONG, DAVID (CEO OF ALTERNATIVES)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Crittstrong Corporation | Flagstaff, AZ | $37K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.