The Life Change Center

The Life Change Center was paid $1.30M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is H0020, Alcohol and/or drug services; methadone administration and/or service (provision of the drug by a licensed program) — 62% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoTHE LIFE CHANGE CENTER
CARSON CITY, NV 89706

33aNPI1841743762assigned 07/27/2016

33bProvider typeMethadone Clinic

28Total paid$1.30M

24GClaims47,229

24DCodes billed12

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Methadone Clinic providers in Nevada

Rank by total paid#10 of 14

Median peer was paid$1.57M

This provider vs. median0.8×

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	8,544	$219K
2019	10,195	$213K
2020	6,745	$168K
2021	5,761	$182K
2022	5,708	$180K
2023	6,155	$196K
2024incomplete	4,121	$147K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
H0020	Alcohol and/or drug services; methadone administration and/or service (provision of the drug by a licensed program)	62%	25,253	8,860	$806K
H0047	Alcohol and/or other drug abuse services, not otherwise specified	26%	6,994	4,779	$334K
H0049	Alcohol and/or drug screening	5.7%	8,424	5,113	$75K
80305		3.5%	3,979	2,228	$45K
H0034	Medication training and support, per 15 minutes	1.3%	1,441	970	$16K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	<1%	292	266	$12K
H0005	Alcohol and/or drug services; group counseling by a clinician	<1%	348	150	$7K
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%	107	98	$6K
H0038	Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes	<1%	334	257	$3K
H0007	Alcohol and/or drug services; crisis intervention (outpatient)	<1%	18	18	$390.78
H0002	Behavioral health screening to determine eligibility for admission to treatment program	<1%	27	12	$215.39
H0001	Alcohol and/or drug assessment	0%	12	12	$0.00

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 officialFIRESTONE, JOHN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Same official

Other billing entities under FIRESTONE, JOHN

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Provider	Location	Paid
The Life Change Center	Sparks, NV	$1.57M

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