Physician
Caring for Children, INC.
Caring for Children, INC. was paid $1.95M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2021, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is S5145, Foster care, therapeutic, child; per diem — 79% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCARING FOR CHILDREN, INC.
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
33aNPI1659429926assigned 01/05/2007
33bProvider typeChild & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician
28Total paid$1.95M
24GClaims34,013
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#6 of 20
Median peer was paid$184K
This provider vs. median11×
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 | 6,378 | $399K | |
| 2019 | 9,322 | $665K | |
| 2020 | 15,366 | $703K | |
| 2021 | 2,947 | $186K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5145 | Foster care, therapeutic, child; per diem | 79% | 27,275 | 581 | $1.53M |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 13% | 3,959 | 1,639 | $255K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 2.9% | 1,280 | 590 | $57K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 2.1% | 471 | 307 | $40K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 1.3% | 422 | 207 | $26K |
| 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 | 1.2% | 373 | 284 | $24K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 163 | 126 | $12K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 14 | 13 | $2K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | <1% | 56 | 45 | $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 officialSHARP, PATRICIA (CREDENTIALING)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Caring for Children, INC | Asheville, NC | $661K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.