Agency
Childrens Choice INC
Childrens Choice INC was paid $1.77M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is S5145, Foster care, therapeutic, child; per diem — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHILDRENS CHOICE INC
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19113
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19113
33aNPI1508041252assigned 12/31/2007
33bProvider typeNursing Care Agency
28Total paid$1.77M
24GClaims2,029
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Nursing Care Agency providers in Pennsylvania
Rank by total paid#13 of 22
Median peer was paid$1.82M
This provider vs. median1.0×
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 S5145 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 | 286 | $287K | |
| 2019 | 214 | $178K | |
| 2020 | 331 | $284K | |
| 2021 | 376 | $322K | |
| 2022 | 328 | $281K | |
| 2023 | 269 | $228K | |
| 2024incomplete | 225 | $190K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5145 | Foster care, therapeutic, child; per diem | 100% | 2,029 | 2,015 | $1.77M |
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 officialEBERWEIN, CAROLYN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)