Behavioral
A Caring Alternative, LLC
A Caring Alternative, LLC was paid $2.07M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is H0038, Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes — 42% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoA CARING ALTERNATIVE, LLC
MORGANTON, NC 28655
MORGANTON, NC 28655
33aNPI1740312297assigned 03/11/2007
33bProvider typeSocial Worker
28Total paid$2.07M
24GClaims23,080
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Social Worker providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#4 of 27
Median peer was paid$119K
This provider vs. median17×
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 | 17,065 | $1.55M | |
| 2019 | 5,741 | $507K | |
| 2021 | 27 | $2K | |
| 2022 | 155 | $9K | |
| 2023 | 80 | $5K | |
| 2024incomplete | 12 | $1K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | 42% | 11,687 | 1,281 | $875K |
| 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) | 33% | 7,038 | 523 | $674K |
| H0040 | Assertive community treatment program, per diem | 15% | 2,264 | 283 | $305K |
| S5145 | Foster care, therapeutic, child; per diem | 4.3% | 979 | 36 | $88K |
| H2012 | Behavioral health day treatment, per hour | 3.3% | 425 | 40 | $69K |
| H2015 | Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes | 1.4% | 162 | 30 | $29K |
| 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% | 180 | 162 | $14K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | <1% | 119 | 71 | $9K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | <1% | 125 | 72 | $5K |
| 90833 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on) | <1% | 84 | 70 | $3K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | <1% | 17 | 12 | $1K |
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)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Morganton, NC | $19.67M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Morganton, NC | $7.93M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Hickory, NC | $4.61M |
| 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.