Nursing facility
Carefree Assisted Living
Carefree Assisted Living was paid $2.74M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is T2031, Assisted living; waiver, per diem — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCAREFREE ASSISTED LIVING
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87111
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87111
33aNPI1962682450assigned 11/13/2007
33bProvider typeAssisted Living Facility
28Total paid$2.74M
24GClaims9,951
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Assisted Living Facility providers in New Mexico
Rank by total paid#9 of 21
Median peer was paid$1.66M
This provider vs. median1.7×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Single-Code Concentration100% of spending on code T2031 with only 1 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 | 356 | $420K | |
| 2019 | 247 | $400K | |
| 2020 | 234 | $387K | |
| 2021 | 212 | $361K | |
| 2022 | 1,248 | $413K | |
| 2023 | 4,289 | $441K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,365 | $321K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T2031 | Assisted living; waiver, per diem | 100% | 9,951 | 1,567 | $2.74M |
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 officialPETROPOULOS, ESTEPHANIE (RN)