Agency
A Caring Alternative, LLC
A Caring Alternative, LLC was paid $19.67M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is H2015, community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutes — 35% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoA CARING ALTERNATIVE, LLC
MORGANTON, NC 28655
MORGANTON, NC 28655
33aNPI1720514920assigned 05/08/2017
33bProvider typeCommunity/Behavioral Health Agency
28Total paid$19.67M
24GClaims148,091
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Community/Behavioral Health Agency providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#39 of 856
Median peer was paid$908K
This provider vs. median22×
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 | 15,787 | $1.45M | |
| 2019 | 23,265 | $2.30M | |
| 2020 | 25,688 | $3.05M | |
| 2021 | 24,513 | $3.29M | |
| 2022 | 22,176 | $3.08M | |
| 2023 | 19,375 | $3.00M | |
| 2024incomplete | 17,287 | $3.51M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2015 | Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes | 35% | 31,811 | 4,942 | $6.86M |
| S5145 | Foster care, therapeutic, child; per diem | 22% | 39,663 | 1,393 | $4.33M |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | 15% | 28,669 | 5,522 | $2.99M |
| H2022 | Community-based wrap-around services, per diem | 13% | 10,176 | 959 | $2.46M |
| T1019 | Help at home with bathing, dressing and eating, billed per 15 minutesPersonal care services, per 15 minutes, not for an inpatient or resident of a hospital, nursing facility, icf/mr or imd, part of the individualized plan of treatment (code may not be used to identify services provided by home health aide or certified nurse assistant) | 5.5% | 10,768 | 1,129 | $1.09M |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 3.4% | 8,316 | 4,721 | $667K |
| 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 | 1.7% | 4,537 | 3,791 | $331K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 1.5% | 6,573 | 4,206 | $287K |
| T1017 | Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes | 1.3% | 1,008 | 757 | $258K |
| H0032 | Mental health service plan development by non-physician | 1.3% | 2,598 | 555 | $253K |
| 90833 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on) | <1% | 2,533 | 2,068 | $78K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | <1% | 1,145 | 755 | $51K |
7 more codes
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 officialRHONEY, MELAINA (PRESIDENT/ OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Morganton, NC | $7.93M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Hickory, NC | $4.61M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Morganton, NC | $2.07M |
| All 4 U Home Medical, LLC | Morganton, NC | $1.38M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Marion, NC | $146K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.