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A Primary Choice, INC.

A Primary Choice, INC. was paid $3.49M 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, INC.
SANFORD, NC 27330
33aNPI1831463264assigned 03/02/2012
28Total paid$3.49M
24GClaims73,201
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#130 of 413
Median peer was paid$1.70M
This provider vs. median2.1×

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$20K$40K$60K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201812,985$517K
201912,032$484K
202012,205$551K
202111,787$506K
202210,336$553K
20238,203$513K
2024incomplete5,653$364K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99509 Home visit for assistance with activities of daily living and personal care 100% 73,201 2,767 $3.49M

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/CREDENTIALING SPECIALIST)
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
A Primary ChoiceLumberton, NC$15.53M
Primary Health Choice, INC.Lumberton, NC$6.14M
A Primary Choice, INC.Laurinburg, NC$4.48M
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.