Alternatives Inc.

Primary specialty

CounselorTaxonomy code 101Y00000X

Legal business name

ALTERNATIVES INC.

Doing business as

Alternatives Counseling & Education

Practice address

5337 S Campbell Ave Ste F
Springfield, MO 65810-2494

Phone

(417) 883-7227

Fax

(417) 883-7212

NPI assigned

Jan 17, 2007

Last updated

Sep 11, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Organization subpart

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Mr. Leonard Dennis Wells, L.P.C.NPI 1083642110

Title

Administrator

Phone

(417) 883-7227

Specialties & licenses 5

Addresses

Other names 1

• Alternatives Counseling & Education Doing business as

Locations

Practitioners 1

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

• Leonard Dennis Wells, LPC, CASAC

  • Mental Health Counselor
  • Springfield, MO
  • NPI 1083642110
  Authorized official Same address or phone

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 11, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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