A Caring Alternative, LLC
A Caring Alternative, LLC was paid $4.61M by Medicaid between Feb 2020 and Dec 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is H0040, Assertive community treatment program, per diem — 100% of everything it billed.
HICKORY, NC 28602
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in North Carolina
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,741 | $415K | |
| 2021 | 3,267 | $742K | |
| 2022 | 4,187 | $969K | |
| 2023 | 5,137 | $1.12M | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,099 | $1.37M |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0040 | Assertive community treatment program, per diem | 100% | 20,401 | 3,117 | $4.61M |
| H0040CR | <1% | 30 | 22 | $653.21 |
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Morganton, NC | $19.67M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Morganton, NC | $7.93M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Morganton, NC | $2.07M |
| All 4 U Home Medical, LLC | Morganton, NC | $1.38M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Marion, NC | $146K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.