Agency
Better Community Living, INC.
Better Community Living, INC. was paid $1.42M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2020, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is H2014, Skills training and development, per 15 minutes — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBETTER COMMUNITY LIVING, INC.
NEW BEDFORD, MA 02740
NEW BEDFORD, MA 02740
33aNPI1912231838assigned 09/24/2009
33bProvider typeDevelopmentally Disabled Services Day Training Agency
28Total paid$1.42M
24GClaims16,621
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Developmentally Disabled Services Day Training Agency providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#120 of 129
Median peer was paid$5.89M
This provider vs. median0.2×
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 H2014 with only 2 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.
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 | 5,701 | $503K | |
| 2019 | 7,061 | $595K | |
| 2020 | 3,859 | $323K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2014 | Skills training and development, per 15 minutes | 100% | 16,598 | 1,052 | $1.42M |
| S5101 | Day care services, adult; per half day | <1% | 23 | 23 | $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 officialRILEY, THOMAS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)