Providers
LAWRENCE LABBATE, MD
NPI 1891802948, individual, Little Rock, AR, Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry
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Evidence tier
structure or single-organization volume
- Hours beyond a day in 12 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing.
- Records needed.
- Medicaid dollars per patient on code 90833 ($266 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
score 55 of 100, rank 7599, $2.7M at stake
Hours billed per day
Medicaid billing converted into hours of hands-on care per day. The lower bound counts one unit per claim line and needs no price; the other two divide dollars by a unit price, the conservative one at 1.5 times the price. The clinician on the claim may be a supervisor under state rules, so billing organizations are counted too.
| month | what was found | hours per day, lower bound | hours per day, at price | hours per day, conservative | per working day | patients | billing organizations | codes | paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2018 | More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line | 37.3 | 64.1 | 42.7 | 59.8 | 303 | 1 | 90833 99223 99232 99233 | $83K |
| Sep 2018 | More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line | 32.0 | 30.1 | 20.1 | 30.1 | 236 | 1 | 90833 99223 99233 99238 | $42K |
| Jan 2019 | More hours than a day holds at a conservative unit price | 22.5 | 36.5 | 24.4 | 32.8 | 253 | 1 | 90833 99223 99233 99238 | $52K |
| Mar 2019 | More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line | 26.2 | 32.3 | 21.5 | 31.8 | 230 | 1 | 90833 99223 99233 99238 | $46K |
| Apr 2019 | More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line | 27.2 | 34.8 | 23.2 | 31.6 | 243 | 1 | 90833 99223 99233 99238 | $48K |
| May 2019 | More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line | 25.8 | 32.6 | 21.7 | 29.3 | 249 | 1 | 90833 99223 99233 99238 | $47K |
| Jun 2019 | More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line | 27.3 | 31.1 | 20.8 | 31.1 | 240 | 1 | 90833 99223 99233 99238 | $43K |
| Jul 2019 | More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line | 28.3 | 35.8 | 23.9 | 32.1 | 237 | 1 | 90833 99223 99233 99238 | $51K |
| Sep 2019 | More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line | 37.7 | 30.1 | 20.1 | 28.7 | 212 | 1 | 90833 99223 99233 99238 | $42K |
| Dec 2020 | More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line | 24.9 | 28.6 | 19.1 | 25.7 | 248 | 1 | 90833 99223 99232 99233 99238 | $43K |
| Feb 2021 | More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line | 26.5 | 27.9 | 18.6 | 26.0 | 228 | 1 | 90833 99223 99232 99233 99238 | $40K |
| Jun 2022 | More hours than a day holds, even counting one unit per claim line | 24.4 | 31.4 | 20.9 | 28.6 | 294 | 1 | 90833 99223 99232 99233 99238 | $50K |
National provider registry
From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.
| Name | LAWRENCE LABBATE, MD |
| Type | Individual |
| Status | Active |
| NPI issued | August 24, 2006, last updated September 14, 2022 |
| Practice location | 2 SAINT VINCENT CIR, Little Rock, AR 72205-5423, 501-552-5777 |
| Mailing address | 4100 S LOOKOUT ST, Little Rock, AR 72205-2030 |
| Specialties | Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry (2084P0800X, primary, license E4667 AR) |
Procedures billed
The specific codes behind the dollars. Medicaid figures come from T-MSIS (2018 to 2024) and are compared with every other provider billing the same code; Medicare figures come from the 2024 physician and supplier file and compare this provider's submitted charge with what Medicare allowed, against the usual ratio for that code.
Medicaid, largest codes
| code | what it is | paid | share | per patient-month | typical | rank among providers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90833 | Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes | $1.0M | 39% | $226 | $49 (top 5% from $109) | 100th percentile | |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | $1.0M | 38% | $266 | $96 (top 5% from $249) | 96th percentile | |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | $319K | 12% | $126 | $81 (top 5% from $170) | 84th percentile | |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | $198K | 7% | $115 | $67 (top 5% from $174) | 83rd percentile | |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | $90K | 3% | $42 | $48 (top 5% from $80) | 40th percentile |
In this area
8 providers in Pulaski County, AR carry an indicator in the public record, with $17.4M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 6 of them, followed by named in an enforcement record on 2.
| tier | provider | at stake | why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | KRAMEELAH BANKS Little Rock, AR, ranked 2462 | $0 |
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| 3 | ARKANSAS BEHAVIORAL CENTER (ABC), LLC Little Rock, AR, ranked 5190 | $0 |
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| 4 | CARL RIDDELL Little Rock, AR, ranked 7402 | $7.3M |
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| 4 | NAVEEN PATIL Little Rock, AR, ranked 7428 | $5.9M |
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| 4 | BRIAN SIMPSON Little Rock, AR, ranked 7646 | $2.3M |
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| 4 | SHANE SPARKS Little Rock, AR, ranked 7948 | $479K |
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| 4 | NKECHI UGWUH-MOSS Little Rock, AR, ranked 9584 | $81K |
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| 5 | JOHN DOWNES Little Rock, AR, ranked 10047 | $1.3M |
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Recent enforcement in AR
All releasesDepartment of Justice and HHS-OIG releases for this state, newest first. Each opens in a new tab.
DOJIndictedNov 19, 2025
Little Rock Psychologist Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Defrauding Medicare and Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield
Banks billed Medicare and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield for thousands of hours of psychotherapy services that never took place, including sessions for patients seen only once and patients who had died, and created fictitious records to conceal the billing.
DOJSentencedJan 26, 2024
Former Rogers Company Owner and Former CEO Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud/Kickback Conspiracy
The former owner and former CEO of a Rogers-based medical supply and billing company recruited physicians to dispense pain creams and patches to workers' compensation patients in exchange for a split of profits, billed the federal Office of Workers' Compensation Programs and private insurers at markups of 15 to 20 times cost, paid the physicians kickbacks, and shipped medications to two Louisiana physicians who lacked required dispensing licenses.
Referral packet
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