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A Primary Choice

A Primary Choice was paid $15.53M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is 99509, Home visit for assistance with activities of daily living and personal care — 100% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoA PRIMARY CHOICE
LUMBERTON, NC 28358
33aNPI1770688343assigned 09/14/2006
28Total paid$15.53M
24GClaims325,250
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other In Home Supportive Care Agency providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#14 of 413
Median peer was paid$1.70M
This provider vs. median9.1×

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.

Single-Code Concentration100% of spending on code 99509 with only 1 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official LOCKLEAR, ASHLEY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$100K$200K$300K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
201853,684$2.09M
201950,721$2.05M
202051,145$2.30M
202150,405$2.30M
202248,091$2.49M
202339,985$2.42M
2024incomplete31,219$1.88M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99509 Home visit for assistance with activities of daily living and personal care 100% 325,250 12,730 $15.53M

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 officialLOCKLEAR, ASHLEY (CFO)
Same official

Other billing entities under LOCKLEAR, ASHLEY

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Primary Health Choice, INC.Lumberton, NC$93.14M
A Primary Choice, INC.Monroe, NC$70.92M
Primary Health Choice, INC.Lumberton, NC$6.14M
A Primary Choice, INC.Laurinburg, NC$4.48M
A Primary Choice, INC.Sanford, NC$3.49M
A Primary Choice, INC.Winston Salem, NC$2.64M
A Primary Choice, INC.Wadesboro, NC$2.28M
A Primary Choice, INC.Greensboro, NC$1.81M
A Primary Choice, INC.Asheboro, NC$1.63M
A Primary Choice, INC.Pembroke, NC$1.60M
A Primary Choice, INC.Burlington, NC$815K
A Primary Choice, INC.Monroe, NC$639K
A Primary Choice, INC.Tarboro, NC$516K
A Primary Choice, INC.Lenoir, NC$260K
A Primary Choice, INC.Kinston, NC$217K
A Primary Choice, INC.Forest City, NC$184K
A Primary Choice, INC.Red Springs, NC$144K
A Primary Choice, INC.Greenville, NC$133K
Primary Health Choice, INC.Lumberton, NC$132K
Primary Health Choice, INC.Lumberton, NC$82K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.