Agency
New Beginnings, INC.
New Beginnings, INC. was paid $1.27M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is T1017, case management, billed per 15 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNEW BEGINNINGS, INC.
LEWISTON, ME 04240
LEWISTON, ME 04240
33aNPI1457595878assigned 04/29/2009
33bProvider typeCase Management Agency
28Total paid$1.27M
24GClaims4,634
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Case Management Agency providers in Maine
Rank by total paid#46 of 79
Median peer was paid$1.77M
This provider vs. median0.7×
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 T1017 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 | 721 | $198K | |
| 2019 | 749 | $176K | |
| 2020 | 687 | $176K | |
| 2021 | 698 | $196K | |
| 2022 | 708 | $196K | |
| 2023 | 558 | $159K | |
| 2024incomplete | 513 | $167K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1017 | Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes | 100% | 4,634 | 3,172 | $1.27M |
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 officialBICKNELL, CHRIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)