Fresh Start Therapeutic Services LLC

Fresh Start Therapeutic Services LLC was paid $2.82M by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and Dec 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is H2014, Skills training and development, per 15 minutes — 99% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFRESH START THERAPEUTIC SERVICES LLC
HOUSTON, TX 77069

33aNPI1649716432assigned 01/17/2017

33bProvider typeMental Health Counselor

28Total paid$2.82M

24GClaims9,533

24DCodes billed2

24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Mental Health Counselor providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#21 of 311

Median peer was paid$71K

This provider vs. median40×

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 Concentration99% of spending on code H2014 with only 2 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
2020	50	$14K
2021	1,145	$255K
2022	2,440	$705K
2023	2,615	$819K
2024incomplete	3,283	$1.03M

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
H2014	Skills training and development, per 15 minutes	99%	9,381	925	$2.80M
T1017	Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes	<1%	152	95	$24K

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 officialPEARSON, TEAH (ADMINISTRATOR)