Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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New Alternatives, INC.

New Alternatives, INC. was paid $32.01M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is S9484, Crisis intervention mental health services, per hour — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoNEW ALTERNATIVES, INC.
SAN DIEGO, CA 92103
33aNPI1427406958assigned 05/25/2016
28Total paid$32.01M
24GClaims49,410
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center) providers in California

Rank by total paid#32 of 369
Median peer was paid$1.25M
This provider vs. median26×

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 Concentration100% of spending on code S9484 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$250K$500K$750K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
201810,852$2.78M
201913,929$5.12M
20206,470$4.31M
20216,082$5.52M
20225,257$5.32M
20234,563$5.60M
2024incomplete2,257$3.37M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
S9484 Crisis intervention mental health services, per hour 100% 46,886 8,456 $31.97M
T1017 Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes <1% 2,524 1,902 $42K

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 officialNICHOLS, LINDA (CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER)
Parent organizationNEW ALTERNATIVES, INC.
Same official

Other billing entities under NICHOLS, LINDA

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
New Alternatives, IncorporatedChula Vista, CA$9.27M
New Alternatives INC.San Diego, CA$3.25M
New Alternatives, IncorporatedChula Vista, CA$695K
New Alternatives, IncorporatedVista, CA$181K
New Alternatives, IncorporatedVista, CA$93K
New Alternatives, IncorporatedSpring Valley, CA$34K
New Alternatives, IncorporatedSan Diego, CA$10K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.