First Step Home, INC.

First Step Home, INC. was paid $9.93M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is H2036, Alcohol and/or other drug treatment program, per diem — 49% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFIRST STEP HOME, INC.
CINCINNATI, OH 45206

33aNPI1154377612assigned 05/26/2006

33bProvider typeSubstance Abuse Rehabilitation Facility

28Total paid$9.93M

24GClaims82,105

24DCodes billed21

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Facility providers in Ohio

Rank by total paid#18 of 63

Median peer was paid$5.10M

This provider vs. median1.9×

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
2018	11,898	$1.40M
2019	17,390	$2.09M
2020	15,260	$1.90M
2021	11,150	$1.46M
2022	8,295	$1.10M
2023	9,586	$1.08M
2024incomplete	8,526	$911K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
H2036	Alcohol and/or other drug treatment program, per diem	49%	23,740	2,239	$4.82M
H0015	Alcohol and/or drug services; intensive outpatient (treatment program that operates at least 3 hours/day and at least 3 days/week and is based on an individualized treatment plan), including assessment, counseling; crisis intervention, and activity therapies or education	37%	25,137	9,371	$3.67M
90837	Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient	3.5%	3,520	1,717	$352K
H0005	Alcohol and/or drug services; group counseling by a clinician	3.1%	5,444	3,041	$308K
H0006	Alcohol and/or drug services; case management	2.0%	3,582	2,056	$198K
H0048	Alcohol and/or other drug testing: collection and handling only, specimens other than blood	1.7%	11,596	5,431	$165K
T1002	Rn services, up to 15 minutes	1.1%	2,169	1,202	$109K
H2034	Alcohol and/or drug abuse halfway house services, per diem	<1%	561	51	$70K
99212	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward	<1%	1,397	878	$67K
90791	Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation	<1%	351	341	$36K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	<1%	370	272	$30K
82075		<1%	1,593	861	$26K

9 more codes

90834	Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutes	<1%	364	$24K
H0038	Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes	<1%	420	$16K
90832	Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutes	<1%	265	$13K
80305		<1%	1,317	$10K
H0004	Behavioral health counseling and therapy, per 15 minutes	<1%	115	$6K
99214	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)	<1%	30	$3K
90853	Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group)	<1%	54	$629.29
81025		<1%	67	$329.46
99211	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity	<1%	13	$267.72

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 officialSPENCE, MARGO (PRESIDENT)