First Step Arkansas, LLC
First Step Arkansas, LLC was paid $7.35M by Medicaid between Aug 2020 and Dec 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is T1015, a visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate) — 52% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFIRST STEP ARKANSAS, LLC
TRUMANN, AR 72472
TRUMANN, AR 72472
33aNPI1063039980assigned 06/26/2020
33bProvider typePediatric Occupational Therapist
28Total paid$7.35M
24GClaims122,427
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthAug 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Occupational Therapist providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#1 of 22
Median peer was paid$198K
This provider vs. median37×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3,662 | $201K | |
| 2021 | 21,366 | $1.10M | |
| 2022 | 34,996 | $1.87M | |
| 2023 | 33,428 | $2.01M | |
| 2024incomplete | 28,975 | $2.17M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 52% | 65,510 | 3,116 | $3.81M |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | 19% | 21,760 | 8,017 | $1.39M |
| 92507 | Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or auditory processing disorder | 17% | 20,766 | 6,853 | $1.27M |
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes | 12% | 14,310 | 4,360 | $875K |
| 96112 | <1% | 69 | 66 | $7K | |
| 92523 | <1% | 12 | 12 | $1K |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialASTON, EMILY (CFO)
Parent organizationFIRST STEP ARKANSAS, LLC
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| First Step Arkansas, LLC | Blytheville, AR | $3.13M |
| First Step Arkansas, LLC | Paragould, AR | $3.07M |
| First Step Arkansas, LLC | Osceola, AR | $1.56M |
| First Step Arkansas, LLC | North Little Rock, AR | $455K |
| First Step Arkansas, LLC | Brookland, AR | $11K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.