Physician
F.I.R.S.T.
F.I.R.S.T. was paid $8.67M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is T2033, Residential care, not otherwise specified (nos), waiver; per diem — 55% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoF.I.R.S.T.
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
33aNPI1710116942assigned 07/09/2009
33bProvider typeChild & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician
28Total paid$8.67M
24GClaims40,164
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#4 of 20
Median peer was paid$184K
This provider vs. median47×
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 | 2,196 | $288K | |
| 2019 | 2,800 | $358K | |
| 2020 | 3,042 | $447K | |
| 2021 | 4,324 | $718K | |
| 2022 | 4,169 | $933K | |
| 2023 | 14,306 | $3.38M | |
| 2024incomplete | 9,327 | $2.54M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T2033 | Residential care, not otherwise specified (nos), waiver; per diem | 55% | 14,295 | 345 | $4.73M |
| T2025 | Waiver services not otherwise specifiedWaiver services; not otherwise specified (nos) | 28% | 13,128 | 5,060 | $2.44M |
| T2041 | Supports brokerage, self-directed, waiver; per 15 minutes | 12% | 6,550 | 5,973 | $1.08M |
| H0036 | Community psychiatric support and treatment, per 15 minutesCommunity psychiatric supportive treatment, face-to-face, per 15 minutes | 2.3% | 2,958 | 1,031 | $201K |
| H2015 | Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes | 1.2% | 1,918 | 100 | $101K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | <1% | 828 | 341 | $71K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | <1% | 487 | 195 | $49K |
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 officialPRICE FERRELL, JANET (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)