Agency
Choices Counseling, LLC
Choices Counseling, LLC was paid $498K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2023, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is H0005, Alcohol and/or drug services; group counseling by a clinician — 41% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHOICES COUNSELING, LLC
ASTORIA, OR 97103
ASTORIA, OR 97103
33aNPI1427341007assigned 05/16/2011
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$498K
24GClaims9,883
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Oregon
Rank by total paid#46 of 104
Median peer was paid$222K
This provider vs. median2.2×
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 | 2,604 | $93K | |
| 2019 | 2,728 | $112K | |
| 2020 | 2,808 | $170K | |
| 2021 | 1,449 | $73K | |
| 2022 | 227 | $38K | |
| 2023 | 67 | $13K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0005 | Alcohol and/or drug services; group counseling by a clinician | 41% | 4,825 | 1,379 | $203K |
| H0004 | Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes | 27% | 1,752 | 754 | $132K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 15% | 443 | 203 | $73K |
| H0006 | Alcohol and/or drug services; case management | 8.8% | 1,874 | 604 | $44K |
| H2010 | Comprehensive medication services, per 15 minutes | 6.5% | 543 | 348 | $32K |
| H2014 | Skills training and development, per 15 minutes | 1.2% | 63 | 26 | $6K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 1.1% | 114 | 76 | $5K |
| H0048 | Alcohol and/or other drug testing: collection and handling only, specimens other than blood | <1% | 269 | 198 | $3K |
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 officialCROWE, CHRISTINE (OWNER)