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Orinoco Wellness, LC

Orinoco Wellness, LC was paid $1.68M by Medicaid between May 2023 and Dec 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is H0038, Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes — 92% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoORINOCO WELLNESS, LC
GRAHAM, NC 27253
33aNPI1508577321assigned 12/13/2022
33bProvider typeProfessional Counselor
28Total paid$1.68M
24GClaims13,808
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthMay 2023 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Professional Counselor providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#24 of 214
Median peer was paid$108K
This provider vs. median16×

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 Concentration92% of spending on code H0038 with only 3 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
20235,974$619K
2024incomplete7,834$1.07M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
H0038 Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes 92% 12,009 1,289 $1.55M
90837 Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient 7.6% 1,766 426 $128K
90791 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation <1% 33 28 $3K

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 officialBARNES, STEVEN (PRESIDENT)
Same official

Other billing entities under BARNES, STEVEN

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