Clinic
Firsthealth of the Carolinas, INC.
Firsthealth of the Carolinas, INC. was paid $2.91M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 16% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS, INC.
SOUTHERN PINES, NC 28387
SOUTHERN PINES, NC 28387
33aNPI1699755686assigned 01/18/2006
33bProvider typeDental Clinic/Center
28Total paid$2.91M
24GClaims123,807
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dental Clinic/Center providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#12 of 105
Median peer was paid$224K
This provider vs. median13×
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.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official FOSTER, MICKEY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 19,146 | $476K | |
| 2019 | 18,023 | $478K | |
| 2020 | 12,124 | $265K | |
| 2021 | 13,718 | $293K | |
| 2022 | 17,571 | $416K | |
| 2023 | 18,699 | $450K | |
| 2024incomplete | 24,526 | $534K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 16% | 18,936 | 18,060 | $479K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 13,831 | 13,199 | $364K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 12% | 22,008 | 20,951 | $346K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 9.9% | 3,855 | 2,429 | $288K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 9.4% | 7,496 | 7,073 | $275K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.4% | 2,153 | 1,604 | $216K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 5.9% | 11,848 | 11,208 | $172K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.4% | 5,965 | 1,930 | $158K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.5% | 10,941 | 10,147 | $130K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.1% | 3,984 | 3,750 | $119K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.4% | 1,945 | 1,807 | $99K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.3% | 5,519 | 5,281 | $97K |
9 more codes
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.2% | 1,586 | $65K |
| D1354 | 2.1% | 12,774 | $60K | |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 189 | $17K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 433 | $15K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 188 | $4K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 37 | $3K |
| D9995 | <1% | 63 | $3K | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 18 | $1K |
| 99199 | Unlisted special service, procedure or report | <1% | 38 | $210.00 |
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 officialFOSTER, MICKEY (CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Firsthealth of the Carolinas, INC. | Pinehurst, NC | $61.58M |
| FHPG, LLC | Pinehurst, NC | $3.50M |
| Firsthealth of the Carolinas, INC | Pinehurst, NC | $2.94M |
| Firsthealth of the Carolinas, INC | Troy, NC | $2.91M |
| FHPG, LLC | Rockingham, NC | $1.66M |
| Mcpc-9, LLC | Rockingham, NC | $1.58M |
| Mcpc-7, LLC | Hamlet, NC | $1.37M |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Raeford, NC | $1.31M |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Hamlet, NC | $1.25M |
| Mcpc-1 LLC | Rockingham, NC | $1.22M |
| FHPG, LLC | Raeford, NC | $1.03M |
| Mcpc-11, LLC | Pinehurst, NC | $994K |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Asheboro, NC | $893K |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Sanford, NC | $862K |
| Mcpc-12, LLC | Pinehurst, NC | $859K |
| Mcpc-16, LLC | Raeford, NC | $803K |
| FHPG, LLC | Carthage, NC | $697K |
| Mcpc-2, LLC | Rockingham, NC | $607K |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Pinehurst, NC | $587K |
| Mcpc-8, LLC | Sanford, NC | $573K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.