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First Step Community Services, LLC
First Step Community Services, LLC was paid $3.57M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2021, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is H0038, Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFIRST STEP COMMUNITY SERVICES, LLC
MEBANE, NC 27302
MEBANE, NC 27302
33aNPI1427452564assigned 10/17/2014
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$3.57M
24GClaims26,823
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#26 of 128
Median peer was paid$268K
This provider vs. median13×
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 H0038 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | 11,092 | $1.56M | |
| 2019 | 11,039 | $1.50M | |
| 2020 | 3,613 | $385K | |
| 2021 | 1,079 | $125K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | 100% | 26,823 | 2,409 | $3.57M |
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 officialMATHEWS, MAHKAL (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)