Medical Alternatives
Medical Alternatives was paid $615K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is A4222, Infusion supplies for external drug infusion pump, per cassette or bag (list drugs separately) — 73% of everything it billed.
MEMPHIS, TN 38133
Next to other Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition Supplies (DME) providers in Tennessee
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.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4,892 | $129K | |
| 2019 | 4,200 | $93K | |
| 2020 | 5,220 | $70K | |
| 2021 | 3,550 | $85K | |
| 2022 | 4,380 | $85K | |
| 2023 | 5,026 | $94K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,459 | $59K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A4222 | Infusion supplies for external drug infusion pump, per cassette or bag (list drugs separately) | 73% | 7,822 | 1,169 | $448K |
| B4152 | Enteral formula, nutritionally complete, calorically dense (equal to or greater than 1.5 kcal/ml) with intact nutrients, includes proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, may include fiber, administered through an enteral feeding tube, 100 calories = 1 unit | 8.7% | 3,428 | 1,960 | $54K |
| B4034 | Enteral feeding supply kit; syringe fed, per day, includes but not limited to feeding/flushing syringe, administration set tubing, dressings, tape | 6.4% | 7,927 | 2,126 | $39K |
| B4035 | Enteral feeding supply kit; pump fed, per day, includes but not limited to feeding/flushing syringe, administration set tubing, dressings, tape | 4.6% | 3,000 | 1,350 | $28K |
| A4221 | Supplies for maintenance of non-insulin drug infusion catheter, per week (list drugs separately) | 3.8% | 5,586 | 1,122 | $24K |
| B4150 | Enteral formula, nutritionally complete with intact nutrients, includes proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, may include fiber, administered through an enteral feeding tube, 100 calories = 1 unit | 1.7% | 1,282 | 722 | $11K |
| S9500 | Home infusion therapy, antibiotic, antiviral, or antifungal therapy; once every 24 hours; administrative services, professional pharmacy services, care coordination, and all necessary supplies and equipment (drugs and nursing visits coded separately), per diem | <1% | 107 | 12 | $5K |
| J2260 | Injection, milrinone lactate, 5 mg | <1% | 258 | 25 | $5K |
| B4154 | Enteral formula, nutritionally complete, for special metabolic needs, excludes inherited disease of metabolism, includes altered composition of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and/or minerals, may include fiber, administered through an enteral feeding tube, 100 calories = 1 unit | <1% | 56 | 27 | $1K |
| A4216 | Sterile water, saline and/or dextrose, diluent/flush, 10 ml | <1% | 245 | 63 | $858.05 |
| E0781 | Ambulatory infusion pump, single or multiple channels, electric or battery operated, with administrative equipment, worn by patient | <1% | 16 | 12 | $415.30 |
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.
Who's on the registration
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.