Organization
Creative Alternatives
Provider's NPPES record last updated: January 7, 2026
Overview
- Entity Type
- Organization
- NPI
- 1053859314
- Primary Specialty
- Residential Treatment Facility, Emotionally Disturbed Children
- Practice Location
- Merced, California
- Organization Subpart
- Yes
- Parent Organization
- Merced Ranch
Federal Screening
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List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)
HHS Office of Inspector General
No potential match was identified in NPISignal's indexed List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) records as of 2026-09-10.
- Source data
- September 10, 2026
- Records indexed
- 84,001
- Screened
- Sep 21, 2026, 7:24 PM UTC
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SAM.gov Exclusions
U.S. General Services Administration
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- Screened
- Not checked
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Specialties & Taxonomies
- Primary
Residential Treatment Facility, Emotionally Disturbed Children
Residential Treatment Facilities
A residential facility that provides habilitation services and other care and treatment to children diagnosed with mental health illness, behavioral issues, and intellectual disabilities and are not able to live independently.
Taxonomy code 322D00000X
Provider-Reported License Information
- Residential Treatment Facility, Emotionally Disturbed Children (California)
- 247200747
Practice Locations
Practice Location
2025 E Santa Fe Ave.
Merced, California 95340-4331
Phone: (209) 388-9034
Other Names
- Merced RanchReported March 2, 2017
- Merced RanchReported June 27, 2022
Record Information
- Enumeration Date
- February 7, 2017
- Provider's NPPES Record Last Updated
- January 7, 2026
- Certification Date
- January 7, 2026
- NPISignal NPPES Dataset
- August 2026
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