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Creative Alternatives Inc.

Doing business as Bear Creek House

  • Emotionally Disturbed Childrens' Residential Treatment Facility
  • Merced, CA
National Provider Identifier
1396282059
Registry record updated Oct 16, 2025
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Key facts

NPPES NPI Registry
Primary specialty
Emotionally Disturbed Childrens' Residential Treatment FacilityTaxonomy code 322D00000X
License
247201359 Issued in CA
Legal business name
CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES INC.
Doing business as
Bear Creek House
Practice address
573 E. N. Bear Creek Drive
Merced, CA 95340
Phone
(209) 726-1230
NPI assigned
Jan 19, 2017
Last updated
Oct 16, 2025By the provider in NPPES
Organization subpart
No

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Oct 16, 2025

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

Authorized official

Name
Lisa Jaobs, MPA
Title
Program Director
Phone
(209) 723-6030

Specialties & licenses 1

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Emotionally Disturbed Childrens' Residential Treatment Facility 322D00000X 247201359 CA Primary

Addresses

Primary practice location

573 E. N. Bear Creek Drive
Merced, CA 95340

Mailing address

2855 Geer Rd
Turlock, CA 95382-1133
Phone (209) 668-9361

Other names 1

  • Bear Creek House Doing business as

National Provider Directory

National Provider Directory
Tax ID family
Creative Alternatives9 organizations share this tax ID, including this one

Other organizations with this tax ID 8

Organizations that report the same tax identification number in the National Provider Directory.

Practitioners & affiliated clinicians

Practitioners 2

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.

NPI Registry JSON

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1760572800000",
    "number": "1396282059",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "2855 GEER RD",
            "city": "TURLOCK",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "953821133",
            "telephone_number": "209-668-9361",
            "fax_number": "209-668-0539"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "573 E. N. BEAR CREEK DRIVE",
            "city": "MERCED",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "95340",
            "telephone_number": "209-726-1230"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES INC.",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2017-01-19",
        "last_updated": "2025-10-16",
        "certification_date": "2025-10-16",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "JAOBS",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "LISA",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "PROGRAM DIRECTOR",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "209-723-6030",
        "authorized_official_credential": "MPA"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "322D00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Residential Treatment Facility, Emotionally Disturbed Children",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "247201359",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "organization_name": "Bear Creek House",
            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        }
    ]
}

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Sources for this page

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