Providers
All 167 in NC
LAKIA WASHINGTON
NPI 1932580099, individual, Clayton, NC, Counselor, Professional
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Evidence tier
adjudicated in a public enforcement record
- Adjudicated (pleaded guilty, sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated January 24, 2024.
- No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
- 87% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
score 92 of 100, rank 443, $0 at stake
Public list actions
OIG exclusion January 20, 2025 under section 1128a1
Ind- Lic HC Serv Pro, Counselor, Clayton, NC
National provider registry
From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.
| Name | LAKIA WASHINGTON |
| Type | Individual, sole proprietor |
| Status | Active |
| NPI issued | June 15, 2015, last updated March 17, 2018 |
| Practice location | 1540 E FRONT ST, Clayton, NC 27527-5492, 919-423-9034 |
| Mailing address | 149 BALSAM FIR PL, Clayton, NC 27520-3065 |
| Specialties | Counselor, Mental Health (101YM0800X, license A11670 NC) Counselor, Professional (101YP2500X, license A11670 NC) Counselor, Professional (101YP2500X, primary, license 11670 NC) |
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 | |
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| 90837 | Psychotherapy, 1 hourhistory of abuse | $595K | 87% | $321 | $191 (top 5% from $442) | 87th percentile | |
| 98968 | Telephone medical discussion provided by nonphysician professional, 21-30 minutes | $64K | 9% | $136 | $38 (top 5% from $253) | 84th percentile | |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | $20K | 3% | $88 | $105 (top 5% from $228) | 35th percentile | |
| 90785 | Psychiatric services complicated by communication factor | $6K | 1% | $12 | $15 (top 5% from $35) | 40th percentile |
In this area
167 providers in NC carry an indicator in the public record, with $185.8M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 85 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 42. 21 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.
| tier | provider | at stake | why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAVID SMITH Winston Salem, NC, ranked 2 | $1.1M |
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| 1 | MICHAEL ADIX Shelby, NC, ranked 12 | $155K |
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| 1 | CAROLINA FAMILY AND URGENT CARE Lumberton, NC, ranked 30 | $6K |
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| 1 | JOSEPH MEYER Fort Bragg, NC, ranked 48 | $26K |
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| 1 | LIFE TOUCH LLC Kinston, NC, ranked 68 | $868K |
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| 1 | ULTIMATE SACRIFICE Winston Salem, NC, ranked 96 | $365K |
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| 1 | MALIK MUHAMMAD Durham, NC, ranked 116 | $2K |
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| 1 | JACKSON CONSULTING AND SERVICES LLC Charlotte, NC, ranked 127 | $138K |
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Recent enforcement in NC
All releasesDepartment of Justice and HHS-OIG releases for this state, newest first. Each opens in a new tab.
DOJSentencedAug 27, 2026
Charlotte Woman Sentenced for Defrauding the North Carolina Medicaid Program
Jackson and her company submitted over $1.9 million in claims to NC Medicaid for urine drug testing and psychotherapy services that were never performed or already paid, using Medicaid recipients' personal information, and she spent the proceeds.
DOJPleaded guiltyJul 9, 2026
Guilford County Woman Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud in Connection with Million Dollar Urine Drug Testing Scheme
Singleton owned and operated Joelle's Center of Hope, which submitted approximately $1,735,865 in claims to North Carolina Medicaid for urine drug tests that were not performed, listing a nurse practitioner and a doctor as ordering providers who never ordered the tests.
DOJPleaded guiltyJun 24, 2026
Raleigh Man Pleads Guilty to Receiving More than $60 Million in Fraudulent Claims from Paying Kickbacks for Patient Referrals
Price owned and operated Golden Star Labs, which paid collectors on a per-specimen basis to supply bogus respiratory test samples obtained through identity theft, and billed Medi-Cal and Medicare more than $96 million in false claims, receiving more than $60 million, and he also filed a false federal income tax return.
DOJChargedJun 24, 2026
McLeansville Woman Charged With Health Care Fraud, Part of National Health Care Fraud Takedown
White, the owner of Reginald Center of Turn Around, billed North Carolina Medicaid for thousands of fictitious drug tests resulting in a loss of $2.8 million.
DOJIndictedJun 24, 2026
Felon Indicted in Multimillion Dollar Healthcare Kickback and False Documents Conspiracy
Ayyad is alleged to have solicited and received kickbacks from clinical laboratories in exchange for generating referrals, paid kickbacks to independent contractor sales reps, created dozens of sham invoices and contracts to conceal the payments, and caused the submission of fraudulent claims for laboratory testing to Medicare, HRSA, TRICARE, and other payers through labs and entities he owned and controlled.
Referral packet
The packet is a draft for a reviewer. It reads every public record behind this case, states what the records show with a citation for each finding, names the regulation each finding relates to, and lists the ordinary explanations to rule out first. It never asserts intent.