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Fresh Start Therapeutic Services, LLC

Fresh Start Therapeutic Services, LLC was paid $3.70M by Medicaid between Aug 2020 and Dec 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is H0044, Supported housing, per month — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFRESH START THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, LLC
JOPPA, MD 21085
33aNPI1437767852assigned 07/22/2020
28Total paid$3.70M
24GClaims5,108
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthAug 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

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

Rank by total paid#81 of 553
Median peer was paid$501K
This provider vs. median7.4×

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 H0044 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$100K$200K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2020189$90K
2021577$360K
2022896$630K
20231,471$1.10M
2024incomplete1,975$1.52M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
H0044 Supported housing, per month 100% 5,034 4,936 $3.69M
H0002 Behavioral health screening to determine eligibility for admission to treatment program <1% 74 74 $6K

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, TEKORA (REHABILITATION SPECIALIST)
Same official

Other billing entities under NICHOLS, TEKORA

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ProviderLocationPaid
Fresh Start Therapeutic Services, LLCJoppa, MD$1.66M

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