Agency
A Caring Alternative, LLC
A Caring Alternative, LLC was paid $1.95M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is H2012, Behavioral health day treatment, per hour — 47% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoA CARING ALTERNATIVE, LLC
MORGANTON, NC 28655
MORGANTON, NC 28655
33aNPI1932118551assigned 08/05/2006
33bProvider typeDevelopmentally Disabled Services Day Training Agency
28Total paid$1.95M
24GClaims12,708
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Developmentally Disabled Services Day Training Agency providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#76 of 125
Median peer was paid$2.75M
This provider vs. median0.7×
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 | 2,508 | $407K | |
| 2019 | 2,570 | $307K | |
| 2020 | 550 | $83K | |
| 2021 | 909 | $115K | |
| 2022 | 1,683 | $165K | |
| 2023 | 2,115 | $349K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,373 | $526K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2012 | Behavioral health day treatment, per hour | 47% | 6,133 | 431 | $924K |
| H0040 | Assertive community treatment program, per diem | 42% | 3,026 | 515 | $811K |
| 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 | 3.7% | 1,078 | 711 | $72K |
| H2015 | Community support for mental illness or disability, per 15 minutesComprehensive community support services, per 15 minutes | 2.2% | 278 | 132 | $43K |
| H0038 | Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes | 1.8% | 519 | 106 | $35K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 1.6% | 818 | 280 | $32K |
| 90833 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on) | <1% | 524 | 358 | $16K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | <1% | 305 | 136 | $16K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 27 | 27 | $3K |
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 officialWEST, ANGELA (BUSINESS ADMIN SPECIALIST/CREDENTIA)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Framework, LLC | Rockville, MD | $4.26M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Marion, NC | $3.99M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Marion, NC | $2.05M |
| A Caring Alternative, LLC | Asheville, NC | $976K |
| DRS Figueroa & Ashker, PA | Cumberland, MD | $356.05 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.