Agency
Options for Independence
Options for Independence was paid $3.49M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is H0036, community psychiatric support and treatment, per 15 minutes — 86% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoOPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE
HOUMA, LA 70360
HOUMA, LA 70360
33aNPI1649421736assigned 10/07/2008
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$3.49M
24GClaims23,102
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#74 of 374
Median peer was paid$831K
This provider vs. median4.2×
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.
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 | 5,739 | $1.33M | |
| 2019 | 5,842 | $720K | |
| 2020 | 3,536 | $575K | |
| 2021 | 4,274 | $450K | |
| 2022 | 1,640 | $204K | |
| 2023 | 1,683 | $185K | |
| 2024incomplete | 388 | $23K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0036 | Community psychiatric support and treatment, per 15 minutesCommunity psychiatric supportive treatment, face-to-face, per 15 minutes | 86% | 18,283 | 4,235 | $3.00M |
| H2033 | Multisystemic therapy for juveniles, per 15 minutes | 11% | 1,613 | 238 | $373K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 2.2% | 2,574 | 2,288 | $77K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 462 | 420 | $31K |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | <1% | 84 | 80 | $5K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 86 | 78 | $2K |
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 officialGLEASON, DONALD (DIRECTOR)